"Health & Medical News"

The New Mexico Department of Health would issue licenses to individuals and organizations to legally provide medical marijuana under draft rules unveiled last week, the Associated Press reported Dec. 4.

The license would allow patients, caregivers, state-run programs or private entities to legally manufacture and distribute marijuana for medical use. The draft rules will be open for public comment starting in late December, and a public hearing will be held in January.

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The conservative government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to unveil a new drug strategy that critics say takes its major cues from the U.S. War on Drugs, the Ottawa Citizen reported Oct. 4.

The $64-million plan being released today is expected to include an education campaign that stresses that there are “no safe drugs.” Health Minister Tony Clement said the campaign is aimed at countering “confusion” about the safety and legal status of marijuana.

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