Health: Supreme Court Ruling On Some Cannabis Clubs Has Many Worried State Law Will Be Overturned By JEAN MERL, Times Staff Writer In the three years since Marlene Rasnick learned she had ovarian cancer, she has smoked marijuana--legally, with her doctor's assent--to ease her suffering from the disease and from punishing rounds of chemotherapy. Marijuana's ability to keep nausea at bay and diminish pain has "raised my spirits" and allowed her to continue to enjoy life's small pleasures, Rasnick said. [continues 879 words]
Shootings: Bodies of the teenager, father, stepmother and half brother are found in apartment. Police say a dispute over drug use may have sparked the rampage. A 16-year-old youth shot his father, stepmother and 4-year-old half brother to death in the family's Hyde Park apartment Tuesday morning before turning the gun on himself, Los Angeles police said. The killer was identified as Renzo Alvarado. His body and those of his father, Rudolfo Alvarado, 51, his stepmother, Eva Veronica Gonzales, 36, and his half brother, whose name was not released, were discovered by police in separate rooms. [continues 490 words]
