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Seniors: Medicare Offers Choices?

President Bush argued that the new Medicare legislation would provide more choices for Medicare beneficiaries. That sounds good to many of us -- we are, after all, the Shopping Nation, where customization of purchases and getting a better deal are well-nigh competitive sport. (via Open Source Politics)




Marijuana act clouds antidrug work rules

Cases in Oregon courts examine whether workers can be fired for state-sanctioned use of marijuana as medicine (link)


Rift between Oregon, DEA widens

When federal drug agents showed up at Travis Paulson's Lebanon home two months ago with a search warrant, the medical marijuana grower thought he had nothing to fear. (link)