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Lisa Aliferis, KQED

A New Sort Of Consultant: Advising Doctors And Patients On California’s Aid-In-Dying Law

By Lisa Aliferis, KQED June 6, 2016

A Berkeley doctor begins an unusual practice as a law takes effect this week permitting doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients who request them.

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Gov. Brown Signs Law Raising Age For Buying Tobacco To 21

By Lisa Aliferis, KQED May 5, 2016

The higher legal age for tobacco use is widely expected to reduce addiction; it also applies to e-cigarettes.

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