Inside Denmark’s ‘fixing rooms’, where nurses watch as addicts inject in safety – Society – The Observer

Away from public view, this safe haven for drug users has 1,000 regulars. Crime is down, the streets are safer. Could it work in Britain?   Original post on guardian.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

State Senator To Hold Press Conference About Medical Marijuana Bill – LEX18.com – Lexington, Kentucky

Senator Perry B. Clark, D-Louisville, will hold a press conference to introduce legislation that would make marijuana a schedule II drug, legal for doctors to prescribe, at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 5.   Original post on lex18.com    Comments on reddit.com   

John Cusack: ‘I’m not a scenester. I’m out for a few months, then I disappear’ – Film – The Observer

Now 45, the star of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven talks to Jason Solomons about his Brat Pack past – and why he wishes he could work a room   Original post on guardian.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

More Doctors ‘Fire’ Vaccine Refusers – WSJ.com

Pediatricians fed up with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children out of concern it can cause autism or other problems increasingly are firing such families from their practices, raising questions about a doctor’s responsibility to these patients.   Original post on wsj.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Tennessee anti-gay bill, Rep. Richard Floyd’s talk draw protest – timesfreepress.com

NASHVILLE — The father of a gay college student, whose brutal 1998 murder in Wyoming triggered a national debate over hate crimes, warned Wednesday that Tennessee lawmakers’ legislation and comments targeting gays encourages harassment.   Original post on timesfreepress.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Megaupload Founder Discovered in New Zealand Safe Room With Gun – Reuters

In a dramatic, digital-age stand-off that played like a scene from a Hollywood thriller, dozens of New Zealand police backed by helicopters swarmed the barricaded mansion of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom   Original post on reuters.com    Comments on digg.com    Other reuters.com posts    Other posts in Technology