“Medication” on The Daily Caller

DENVER (AP) — Poor medical marijuana patients in Colorado won’t have pay state marijuana registration fees or sales tax on the pot they buy. (more)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The tip about a backyard marijuana-growing operation set the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force in motion. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of illegal drug use rose last year to the highest level in nearly a decade, fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse, the government reported Wednesday. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — No one should be too poor to buy pot if they live in Washington, at least if the marijuana is for a medical condition. That’s the conclusion of a new medical marijuana law enacted in the nation’s capital. (more)

DENVER (AP) — Nearly a fifth of Colorado’s medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — It’s way too soon to declare success, but an experimental drug for lung cancer patients with a certain gene showed extraordinary promise in early testing, doctors reported at a cancer conference on Saturday. (more)

Viagra users may be putting themselves at risk for long-term hearing loss. A new study shows that men taking the drug – or similar ones like Cialis and Levitra – are twice as likely to report hearing loss as men who don’t take it. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The D.C. Council has passed a measure to legalize medical marijuana, sending the bill to Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty. (more)

Brittany Murphy could still be alive today had she seen a doctor sooner, a Los Angeles coroner official says. (more)

Two new drugs both oral, rather than injected may soon be available to combat multiple sclerosis. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council is poised to vote on a medical marijuana ordinance after months of hammering out criteria that would shutter hundreds of dispensaries. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has signed legislation granting chronically ill patients legal access to marijuana. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight — a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight children. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen acknowledged feeling a little lonely as he addressed a crowd of self-described pot smokers just off Capitol Hill. (more)

LONDON (AP) — For more than 2½ years, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe. (more)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — In a story Jan. 11 about Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its hepatitis C drug, The Associated Press misstated when the company will seek regulatory approval for the drug. Approval will be requested in the second half of 2010, not 2009. (more)

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Obama administration’s decision not to interfere in states’ medical marijuana laws has emboldened a citizens’ initiative to get the state of Oregon involved in providing the drug for residents who have permission to use it. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow chronically ill patients access to marijuana for medical reasons. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn’t enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using ’60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize “the twist” in the Medicare drug program. (more)