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Is Four Loko to Blame for Halloween Hospitalizations?

(Nov. 1) -- Alcohol and caffeine don't mix, a number of college students discovered last month, ending up in the hospital after binging on Four Loko, an increasingly popular alcoholic energy drink. Is the stuff to blame for another health scare this Halloween as well? Several students at Skidmore College in upstate New...

Congress Cuts Sentencing Disparity Between Crack Cocaine and Powder, but How Similar Are the Drugs?

(July 28) -- On Wednesday, the U.S. Congress took the somewhat unusual step of passing legislation to actually make the federal drug laws less severe. Before the new guidelines, a person arrested for possession of 5 grams or more of crack cocaine received an automatic five-year prison sentence. If signed by the...