Geneva, Switzerland—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017 Authored By: Global Commission on Drug Policy The Global Commission on Drug Policy today released a position paper on The Opioid Crisis in North America. With some 64,000 drug overdose deaths in 2016 in the US alone, the extent of the opioid-driven public health crisis cannot[Read More…]
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1000 Shoes Launch Advocacy Campaign to Reform Oregon Addiction Recovery System
Governor Kate Brown & Rep. Knute Buehler both offer support for effort OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017 Submitted by: Mike Marshall, Oregon Recovers A pile of nearly 1000 shoes was created last week in Shemanski Park as a crowd of over 1000 turned out to protest Oregon’s lack of support for addiction[Read More…]
At Last, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to be Launched Spring 2019
Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- At long last, NASA is planning to launch the James Webb Space Telescope between March and June 2019 from the northeastern tip of South America, French Guiana. First, there will be an assessment of the remaining integration and test activities, according to NASA. A launch window for the Webb (commonly[Read More…]
Soldier Credits Adaptive Sports for Recovery, Medal Wins at Invictus Games
TORONTO—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2017 By: Shannon Collins Army Spc. Stephanie Morris added a gold medal in discus, a silver in shot put and a bronze in hand cycle in the women’s track and field competition in her disability category here at the 2017 Invictus Games this week. More than 550 wounded,[Read More…]
U.S. Army Veteran Cycles to Recovery, Runs to Gold at Invictus Games
TORONTO—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2017 By: Robert A. Whetstone, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs For U.S. Army veteran Sean Johnson, his first Invictus Games have been nothing short of awesome. “It’s like Warrior Games (DoD) at a whole different level,” said Johnson. “This is really athletes at their best.” Johnson, who[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Duckworth Press AG Secretary To Quickly Provide Puerto Rico With Food Aid
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2017 By: Office of Senator Dick Durbin U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and five additional colleagues in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to request that he use all available resources to swiftly provide[Read More…]
Report: The Marijuana ‘Gateway’ Theory Is A Fallacy
New Paltz, NY—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Scientific evidence does not support claims that marijuana experimentation often serves as a ‘gateway’ to the use of other substances, particularly cocaine and heroin, according to a report issued by the Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives at SUNY[Read More…]
UN Agency Provides ‘Badly Battered’ Dominica with Critical Food Supplies, Telecom Support
DOMINICA—(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2017 – Emergency supplies from the United Nations food relief agency are being delivered to Dominica as people face “huge challenges in their lives” in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, which ripped through the small Caribbean island last week. “Dominica has been badly battered[Read More…]
USNS Comfort Departs for Puerto Rico
NORFOLK (NNS)—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 By: Military Sealift Command Public Affairs The Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), departed Naval Station Norfolk today and is now underway and making final preparations to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. USNS Comfort can arrive[Read More…]
Cook County Man Sentenced for Gunrunning
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2017 Authored by the Office of Attorney General Lisa Madigan Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Berwyn man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to trafficking illegal guns. Miguel Martinez, 28, of Berwyn, was recently sentenced to 14 years in prison and two years of[Read More…]
