Law gives terminal patients 'right to try' unapproved drugs
Louisiana, Missouri and Arizona are considering similar measures. It takes more than 10 years and $ 1 billion to get a drug approved by the FDA, Ginal said, and … Terminal patients are not chosen for clinical trials, Ginal said. When conducting a … Read more on Boulder County Business Report

House Votes to Stop Feds From Interfering With State Marijuana Laws
Harris was joined in opposition by John Fleming of Louisiana, while Georgia's Paul Broun argued that medicinal marijuana is "less dangerous than some narcotics that doctors prescribe all over this country." Congress needs to "reserve the states' powers … Read more on The New American

Counties sue narcotics makers, alleging 'campaign of deception'
Twenty years ago, the narcotics industry was hemmed in by a small market because the long-held fear of addiction stopped doctors from prescribing powerful painkillers for anything but cancer pain and end-of-life suffering. To expand their market, the … Read more on Los Angeles Times