Health & Medical News

Resident Match breaks records for applicants and couples

March 31st, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Over a flauta and a chicken-spinach enchilada, Brandon Bolfing and Shahed “Sky” Izaddoost took a breather from their final year at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to celebrate their Match results with friends and family at a Mexican restaurant.

“This is the first place we went in medical school,” Bolfing said. “And it will be the last now that we’ve matched.”

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Police Should Pay for Seized Pot, Colo. Couple Says

January 18th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



A Colorado judge ruled last year that police illegally seized 39 medical-marijuana plants from a Fort Collins couple, who are now in court seeking reimbursement for the value of the plants.

The Denver Channel reported Jan. 17 that James and Lisa Masters said that after a county judge dismissed all criminal charges against them and ordered the police to return the plants, they received the crop back dry, brittle and moldy. The Drug Enforcement Administration estimated that each plant was worth roughly $1,000.

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