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Posted inChronic Disease

Advocates for medical marijuana thought this was going to be the year

by Mona Dougani July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

By Mona Dougani Chris Suttle planned his funeral five years ago.  The commercial insurance consultant was diagnosed with a frontal lobe brain mass in 2017. Doctors left him with two choices: undergo a full craniotomy and biopsy the mass to see if it was aggressive or simply wait out his fate.  Instead, the Chapel Hill […]

shows a man at a podium holding up a face mask used as a COVID preventive as he speaks from behind a podium.
Posted inState Health Policy

Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed budget could get things hopping in the legislature

by Anne Blythe, Thomas Goldsmith, Rose Hoban and Taylor Knopf March 25, 2021December 2, 2021
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Posted inState Health Policy

Cannabis confusion pushes states to ban smokable hemp

by Pew Trusts January 15, 2020April 12, 2021
shows hemp flowers in a jar
Posted inState Health Policy

Some NC lawmakers want hemp classified as marijuana, farmers push back — UPDATED

by Taylor Knopf July 24, 2019April 13, 2021
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Posted inEnvironmental Health

Senate approves proposed Farm Act of 2019

by Greg Barnes June 7, 2019June 7, 2019
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Posted inPrison Health

Lawmakers Move to Reign in Inmate Drug Costs

by Rose Hoban December 6, 2018September 5, 2022

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