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Study: Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Report Benefits

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Health officials say most Minnesota patients who used medical marijuana during the first year of the state's tightly regulated program reported benefits. Health Commissioner Dr. Ed Ehlinger says early data show the drug is providing…

Minnesota Medical Pot Providers Run $11M in Red

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's two licensed medical marijuana manufactures have lost a combined $11 million in two years of legal sales. Minnesota has among the strictest programs of nearly 30 states with medical marijuana laws. The state bans…

Duluth Mother Gives Back to Essentia NICU

DULUTH, Minn. - Beth Hall has seen many patients in her 34 years at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s, but remembers the first time she met Amanda Mallinson well. “I remember…

Regional Wisconsin Opioid Centers Treat 277 People

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Three regional opioid treatment programs that got grants under a 2014 state law treated close to 300 people last year. That's according to a report the state Department of Health released Friday. The three programs, Northeast…

Iowa Looks to Team Up with Minnesota for Medical Marijuana

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Top state lawmakers are trying to work out a system allowing Iowa residents to start buying medical marijuana oils and pills in Minnesota. A novel arrangement that could raise issues with the federal government. It's…

Drug Epidemic Increases Hepatitis C Cases in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Acute Hepatitis C cases have skyrocketed in Wisconsin, increasing 450 percent from 2011 to 2015. State health officials tell Wisconsin Public Radio that most infections resulted form injection drug use. The Centers for Disease Control and…

Dick Beardsley Speaks with Middle Schoolers

SUPERIOR, Wis. - Grandma's Marathon champion Dick Beardsley spoke with students at Superior Middle School. Beardsley talked about his past, including his athletic achievements and his addiction to narcotic pain…

Dayton Vetoes 2 GOP-Backed Abortion Bills

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Governor Mark Dayton has vetoed two GOP-backed bills that sought to limit abortions in Minnesota. The bills would have restricted public health programs from covering the procedure and created a permitting system for facilities that…

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