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IRVINE, Calif. — On the morning of Feb. 28, 2000, a man in a black hood ran up to Patrick Riley in front of his office, shot him flush in the face and fled. The bullet missed his brain, and Mr. Riley, a biotechnology entrepreneur, survived. But two days later, his business partner, a doctor named Larry C. Ford, killed himself with a shotgun after learning he was suspected of being the mastermind behind the shooting. That is where the story probably would have ended — a lurid but ultimately local piece of intrigue played out in the sun-splashed Orange...

Cannabis suppositories have grown in popularity, but how and to what extent they actually work remains a mystery. With contradictory claims from proponents and skeptics regarding the rectal bioavailability of THC, intoxication (or lack thereof), and alleviation of symptoms of difficult-to-treat diseases, it’s time to get a grip on what we really know about this method of administering cannabis. Clinical research on cannabis suppositories is still limited. Much of the available data pertains to experiments conducted on animals, not on people who actually use suppositories. Despite the distinct lack of clinical studies, anecdotal accounts from patients are often very positive....

Wed Mar 19, 3:14 PM ET Aviation Ordnancemen Carlos Marzullo, 22, from West Milford N.J., left, Jonathan Boyd, 29, from Round Rock, Texas, center, and Gregory Williams, 31, from Detroit, Mich., right, load a 1,000 Lb. air to ground JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) bomb onto a cradle in the ordnance magazine, on the USS Theodore Roosevelt Wednesday March 19, 2003. The Roosevelt and its battle group are currently on deployment in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)