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A2 Thursday, May 1, 1997 Mattoon (111.) Journal Gazette flTIOnWORLD Juilae: Docf bps can PRRnmmnnj mznimrsin lint crn'tlrafa 3t it About People Brown gives media the slip at hearing RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Foxy Brown escaped the hounds of the media with help from an obliging bail bondswoman. The 17-year-old rap star was in court Tuesday for a hearing on misdemeanor assault charges re-sulting from SAN FRANCISCO (AP) California doctors can recommend marijuana to their patients without, nnnishment. as Inner a a they don't help patients buy or groW the drug, a federal judge nilfiH Wednesday. Calling the Clinton adminis tration's policy on medical marijuana vague and contradictory, w.o.

j-moujci ouugc rem oimiu said the federal government has ho rieht to ston doctors from rec ommending marijuana to treat Smith issued a preliminary injunction in a doctors' lawsuit that was similar to a temporary restraining order she issued April 11 allowing doctors to recommend marijuana Without fear of criminal prosecution. This time, Smith said would bar federal action such as prosecution or withdrawal of prescription licenses against doctors who discuss or recommend marijuana to their pa- tients, but would "draw the line at certain diseases, even though the -treatment may be illegal. "The government's fear that frank dialogue between physicians and patients about medical marijuana might foster drug use does not justify infringing First Amendment freedoms," Smith wrote. "The First Amendment allows physicians to discuss and advocate medical marijuana, even though use of marijuana itself is illegal." criminal conduct," such as helping buy or cultivate mary uana. The order applies to doctors who recommend marijuana for patients with AIDS or the AIDS virus, cancer, glaucoma, and seizures or muscle spasms associated with a chronic, debilitating condition.

The 10 doctors and five patients who filed the lawsuit say mary uana can relieve pain for all of those conditions, stimulate appetite, or combat the debilitating effects of chemotherapy. The federal government maintains that marijuana has no proven medical benefits. Unless overturned by a higher court, the injunction will remain in effect until the lawsuit goes to trial. A lawyer for the doctors and patients who filed the suit said the ruling gives them what they wanted: a clear policy, and the freedom to give and receive propriate medical advice. Raging River FDA considers approval of Prozac for children Some worry, though, that there haven't been enough studies of the drug's effects on children.

And others are concerned that doctors will dispense Prozac for typical adolescent moodiness, in the same way that the hyperactivity drug Ritalin is said to be overprescribed to children who are merely rambunctious or unmotivated. "Once the drug is on the market, its use is totally up to individual physicians, and hopefully it's based upon sound scientific fact and not marketing," said Larry Sasich, a research analyst for the consumer group Public Citizen. EYE GLASSES 59.99 Complete This is for frame and lenses in standard prescription range. It is NOT a sale with an expiration but an ongoing service we have had for years. In these economic hard times household budgets canbestrained.Soif you need help meeting a budget, stop in our office to see what we can do for you.

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Vincent Stress Centers in Indianapolis. "Fifty percent of the people were dead" from suicide Vithina year. People don't remember that, but I do." Now the Food and Drug Administration is considering formally approving Prozac for children, a move that could help open a huge market for Eli Lilly and the Indianapolis-based maker of the drug. 1512 Lakeland (258-6336 Byrds .1 Good Cleaners Neighbor 258-6336 Shopping Uenter Starched Shirts .1 5 Press Only Service Wash Fold Laundry Alterations Repairs Leather and Suede Draperies Shoe Repair Hanger Recycling Plastic Recycling Wedding Gowns In Good Neighbor Shopping Center HOURS: Hon. thru Fri.7tJD.4pjn.M.7J0iJii.-12:30pjil.

AP Photo Clarence Hueth, a mechanic at Lower Granite Dam south of Pullman, looks at overflow of water rushing out of one of the spillways Tuesday afternoon. There is 73,000 cubic square feet of water coming out through the spillways and 184,000 cubic square feet coming down the Snake River. So much water is pouring through Snake River dams that cruise ships are being disrupted and scientists said Wednesday they worry air bubbles in the churning water could kill migrating salmon. i Journal Gazette 3Times -Courier Printed with Environmentally SafeVWater-Based Ink Study: Ingredient in common laxative causes cancer in rats a confrontation with two hotel employees in January. She had failed to show up for an earlier hearing and a warrant was issued for her ar Brown rest.

Brown, whose real name is Ingd Marchand, stayed in a visiting room at the Wake County Magistrate's Office for an hour after the hearing Tuesday to out-- wait a pack of reporters trying to catch a glimpse of her. Finally, the unidentified bondswoman told photographers that jailers were going to bring Brown out a side door. When the group went to look, the rapper, her mother, her lawyer and a legal aide bolted out the front. Brown, free on $5,000 bond, is due back in court on June 23. i i I 61938 Name.

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"There was clear evidence of the loss of p53," said Dunnick. The report was presented at a meeting of the Carcinogen Assessment Committee of the FDA. The committee went into executive session, excluding the public, without taking action. Joseph J. DeGeorge of the FDA, chairman of the committee, said his group would make a report to another FDA committee which, in turn, could decide whether the agency will move to restrict or modify the use of phenolphthalein in laxatives.

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