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October 19, 2005
Two masked gunmen return an elderly woman's purse, after she tells them it contains the money she uses to buy her medicine. According to Reuters
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September 15, 2005
Topics hurricane, family, flights, vacation, medicine, hotel, job, book, girl, university, wife, couple, school and people
Barbara Roberts was faced with the decision to either care for her 18-month-old granddaughter, whose parents were stranded in New Orleans, or leave her with strangers to make her assembly line job. She decided on the former and was subsequently fired. Roberts says she wasn't even sure her daughter and son-in-law were alive when she called the Positronic Industries factory in Mount Vernon the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
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September 14, 2005
Health Canada is reportedly planning a pilot program to sell medical marijuana in select pharmacies as of next year. The move makes Canada the second country in the world, after the Netherlands, to sell pot in drugstores. According to The Associated Press, there are more than 900 people in Canada authorized to use marijuana for medical conditions.
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September 14, 2005
Health Canada is reportedly planning a pilot program to sell medical marijuana in select pharmacies as of next year. The move makes Canada the second country in the world, after the Netherlands, to sell pot in drugstores. According to The Associated Press, there are more than 900 people in Canada authorized to use marijuana for medical conditions.
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August 22, 2005
The Washington Post reports a former Army National Guard reservist is sentenced to eight years in prison after he admits to stealing nearly 1,000 suitcases from Washington-area airports. The report indicates Derrick Kysar was assigned to guard Reagan National Airport following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. During that time, he stole $2 million worth of medicine, clothing and other personal items.
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