WASHINGTON D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky today introduced the Health Insurance Rate Review Act of 2015 to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to block or modify unreasonable health insurance premium increases in states where insurance regulators lack the authority to do so. Senator Dianne Feinstein[Read More…]
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Warning Against ‘Toxic Public Debates,’ UN Official Urges Global Compact on Refugee and Asylum Matters
A refugee lies face down on the stony ground with his hands over his face after reaching shore, near the village of Skala Eressos, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 October 2015 – The top protection expert in the[Read More…]
Study: Patients Substitute Cannabis For Booze, Prescription Drugs
Victoria, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Patients who possess legal access to cannabis frequently substitute it in place of alcohol and prescription drugs, according to survey data published online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. Investigators from the University of Victoria in British Columbia assessed the influence of medical marijuana access[Read More…]
Studies: Fewer Teens Using Marijuana, Younger Adolescents More Likely To Voice Disapproval
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Self-reported use of marijuana by high-school students is significantly lower today than it was 15 years ago, according to an analysis of CDC data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore assessed data[Read More…]
IBD Patients Likely To Report Using Cannabis
Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Subjects with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are more likely to have used cannabis as compared to matched controls, according to an evaluation of population data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators at Temple University assessed marijuana use patterns among two million subjects with[Read More…]
Rep. Gutiérrez on Planned Parenthood, GOP Candidates, and the Agenda to Take Us Back to the ‘Dark Ages’
“That desire to turn the clock backwards, to undo the progress of our lifetimes, and to punish America for evolving over time is basically at the heart of the Republican Agenda” Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke during the 10 am hour (ET) on the House[Read More…]
VA’s Million Veteran Program Hits 400K Milestone
Program Expected to be Among World’s Largest Databases WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Million Veteran Program (MVP) has enrolled its 400,000th Veteran volunteer, squarely putting it on track to become one of the world’s largest medical databases, linking genetic, clinical, lifestyle and military-exposure information, with[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Franken, King Introduce Legislation to Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable
The cost of new textbooks has increased 82 percent, four times faster than inflation, over the last decade WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN) and Angus King (I-ME) today introduced legislation designed to help students manage costs by making high quality textbooks easily[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Joins Bipartisan Coalition To Introduce Military Enlistment Opportunity Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Yesterday, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) joined Congressmen Mike Coffman (R-CO), Peter King (R-NY) and Juan Vargas (D-CA), to introduce the bipartisan Military Enlistment Opportunity Act. This legislation authorizes eligible individuals, including young undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as children, to achieve Legal Permanent Resident[Read More…]
Report: Governments That Kill for Drugs are an Extreme Fringe of the International Community
Death penalty for drugs increasing in Iran and Indonesia as numbers decline in significantly in China, says new Global Report, launched ahead of the 13th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Drug Crimes London, UK—(ENEWSFP)— 8 October 2015. The number of people executed for drug-related offences remains high at an estimated[Read More…]
