"Health & Medical News"

Voters in Denver appear to have approved a ballot question that would require police to make enforcement of marijuana-possession laws their lowest priority, the Rocky Mountain News reported Nov. 7.

Question 100, backed by the group Safe Alternatives for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), was being approved by a 5-to-4 margin, election observers said, although balloting was incomplete.

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Drug testing has only a minimal deterrent effect on high-school athletes’ use of steroids, according to a new study.

The New York Times reported Oct. 18 that researcher Linn Goldberg of the Oregon Health & Science University and colleagues compared self-reported drug-use rates at 11 Oregon high schools — five with random drug-testing, and six that don’t require drug testing of student athletes.

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