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...have followed. When she first arrived, Godin says, she was flying blind: "I was like a fireman, with no documents, no instructions, nothing," she says. In September, the lrmh identified the fungus as Fusarium solani, a virulent mold that commonly infects soil and crops and often proves so drug-resistant that whole crop fields must be dug up and burned. Not everyone is convinced that the fungus entered the cave on the thick soles of contractors' boots. Isabelle Pallot-Frossard, director of the lrmh, says that a long-term, low-level presence of formaldehyde in the cave - ironically used...
...Among America?s unlucky families were those whose kin ran afoul of New York State?s Rockefeller Drug Laws, established in 1973, mandating that a person found possessing or selling a certain amount of marijuana, cocaine or heroin would receive a sentence of at least 15 years, not subject to a judge?s emendation. Forty-eight states now have these laws, whose enforcement stocks the nation?s prisons with hundreds of thousands of nonviolent offenders...
High school marijuana users everywhere breathed a heavy, smoke-tinged sigh of relief this past February 1. On that day, Congress amended the Higher Education Act (HEA): College students with pre-college drug offenses would again be eligible for federal financial aid.But students with offenses during college still forfeit their funds from the government—and a spate of drug-related incidents earlier this year at Harvard has raised questions about the inviolability of financial aid at the College.Opponents of the federal drug policy want the HEA to be amended further.The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with...
...federal jury yesterday sided with Harvard and three co-plaintiffs in their dispute with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, finding that two of the firm’s drugs, Evista and Xigris, infringed on a 2002 patent—a ruling that could have implications for other drug makers in the industry. Eli Lilly must pay the plaintiffs damages of $65.2 million, as well as additional royalties based on future sales of the two drugs until the patent expires in 2019, the jury ruled. Harvard will receive a portion of those royalties. The drug company, however, argued that the patent...
After telling her doctor about her crashes and insomnia, she was prescribed sleeping pills, which elicited a bad reaction. Frustrated, Amy gave away her remaining Ritalin and tried to live study drug-free...