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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

National Coverage

Why Scientists Think Salvia Could Lead To Medical Treatments (Blog)
National Public Radio.com
...Even though causing hallucinations is a drawback for Salvinorin A as a therapeutic, Bryan Roth sees it as a potential boon for neuroscientists. He's a pharmacology professor at the University of North Carolina. "One of the things that's interesting about drugs that are hallucinogens is they alter the way we see reality," he says.

State and Local Coverage

Pay cuts: Less painful than layoffs (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The state's budget crisis is real and immediate. Its needed remedies will inevitably have damaging effects on state services and programs, but those effects should be minimized to the extent possible. The task of the governor and the General Assembly is to eliminate $3.5 billion to $4 billion in expenditures from a budget of about $19 billion, beginning July 1. The only available source of funds of that scale is state government payroll outlay. (John L. Sanders, Chapel Hill)

You Asked: Can county impose term limits?
The Washington Daily News
...Term-limits inquiries were tackled in a June 1 blog entry by Robert P. Joyce, Charles Edwin Hinsdale professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina School of Government in Chapel Hill. “Counties cannot impose term limits,” Joyce wrote. “Cities cannot impose term limits. School systems cannot impose term limits. Only through an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution could term limits be imposed on any state or local elective office in North Carolina.”

Mellow Mushroom coming to Cary
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Bob Greczyn, who retired this year as CEO of the state's largest health insurer, and his son are going into the pizza business. ..."So far, I'm failing at retirement," said Greczyn, who also is a visiting professor of health policy and management at UNC-Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Issues and Trends

Incoming UNC boss starts big (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Incoming UNC System President Thomas Ross has made a bold statement about his administrative designs even before he assumes office on Jan. 1. He has persuaded Charles E. Perusse to leave his post as state budget director to become vice president for finance of the 17-campus University of North Carolina.