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Mike Liszewski of Americans for Safe Access and Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance chop up the difference and comparative advantages/disadvantages of re-scheduling and de-scheduling marijuana, as current Presidential candidates begin to call for such action in the United States.
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- 48,000 cans of Heineken smuggled into Saudi Arabia disguised as Pepsi
- Department of Housing and Urban Development proposes banning smoking in public housing
- In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill allowing use of medical marijuana in schools
- New poll on e-cigarettes: Americans think they’re safer than tobacco, but still want them regulated like it
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But the panel dismissed this explanation, pointing out that meldonium had been on WADA’s watch list of controversial drugs for over a year and there had been numerous warnings to athletes about it becoming prohibited in late 2015.