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Drug Test For Lawmakers: Next Stop, Senate

Members of the Minnesota Senate will decide whether to require drug tests for lawmakers to qualify for their pay and benefits.

2013/04/24

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Health Watch: Brain Cancer Drug May Help Alzheimer’s Patients

A drug used to treat cancer may someday offer hope for patients living with Alzheimer’s disease.

2013/03/26

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Drug Court Officials To Rally At Minn. Capitol

Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea will join other judges and Gov. Mark Dayton at a rally to promote the state’s drug court system.

2013/03/17

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Clinical Trial Could Save 6-Year-Old Minn. Boy’s Life

A Twin Cities family just got the approval to try a new drug that could save their little boy’s life. The new Pfizer drug could stabilize, even shrink a tumor in 6–year-old Gavin Pierson’s brain. Left untreated he could die.

2013/01/31

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Hospitals Post Guidelines To Stop Flu Spread; New Drug In Testing

Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is joining other health care facilities in putting out guidelines to stop the spread of the flu.

2013/01/14

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Son Shows School Principal Evidence That His Mom Uses Meth

After a 12-year-old boy showed his school principal evidence that his mother was using narcotics, 32-year-old Sabina Marie Coolen, of Chatham Township in Wright County, has now been charged with storing meth paraphernalia in the presence of a child.

2012/11/30

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Minn. Departments Team Up To Fight Drug Abuse

The Minnesota departments of Health, Education, Corrections and Public Safety are now working together to fight drug abuse.

2012/09/13

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Treatment Shows Promise Of Stopping Alzheimer’s Progression

A new treatment is showing promise in stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

2012/07/17

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O.J. Simpson’s Former Girlfriend Facing Drug Charges In Minnesota

The Minnesota woman who once was OJ Simpson’s girlfriend is facing drug charges in Moorhead, Minn.

2012/04/10

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14 Charged For Selling Crack In Undercover Investigation

Fourteen people were charged Monday in connection with an alleged cocaine and crack ring in Minneapolis.

2012/03/19

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New US Plan To Stop Drug Flow Over Northern Border

Federal law enforcement agencies will help tribal officers obtain equipment and training on Indian lands near the U.S.-Canadian border as part of the White House’s newly released strategy for reducing the flow of illegal drugs and drug proceeds between the two countries.

2012/01/20

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Excedrin Maker Issues Recall After Broken Pills Reports

A large drug company is voluntarily recalling four different drug products in the United States after consumers complained of chipped and broken pills in their bottles.

2012/01/08

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Experimental Cholesterol Drug Could Help Millions

In Health Watch, doctors are excited about a new cholesterol drug. They say it could eventually help millions of Americans control their cholesterol levels.

2011/11/15

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Police: 2 Arrested Accidentally Called Cop, Asked For Pot

Two men were arrested in St. Cloud after police say they dialed the wrong number and attempted to buy a pound of marijuana from a police officer.

2011/10/03

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Winona Man Arrested Under New Minn. Anti-Drug Law

It didn’t take long for Winona police to make their first arrest under a new Minnesota law banning a synthetic drug known as “plant food.”

2011/07/01

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