CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2018 By: Shefali Luthra It was 2015 when Martin Shkreli, then CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and the notorious “pharma bro,” jacked up the cost of the lifesaving drug Daraprim by 5,000 percent. Overnight, its price tag skyrocketed from $13.50 a pill to $750. The move drew criticism from[Read More…]
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The Devastating Impact of Gun Violence on America’s Youth
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2018 By: Chelsea Parsons, Maggie Thompson, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, and Giovanni Rocco Gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic, and it’s having a uniquely disproportionate impact on America’s youth. Today, the Center for American Progress and Generation Progress released a joint report detailing the intersectional crisis[Read More…]
April Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.9 percent, but Wage Growth Remains Weak
Wage growth actually appears to be decelerating, in spite of the low unemployment rate. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2018 By: Dean Baker The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in April, the lowest rate since 2000. It has only been below this level[Read More…]
Path Toward Marijuana Legalization at the Federal Level, Beginning with Decriminalization and Descheduling
Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2018 By Ed Chung, Maritza Perez, and Lea Hunter In April, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced his support for removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances schedules, joining his colleagues recent efforts toward legislation. Legislative actions in this area include the Marijuana Justice Act, which[Read More…]
Doctors Should Save the Lives of People Who Use Drugs, Not Debate How Many Second Chances One Deserves
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2018 Drug Policy Alliance Blog By: Widney Brown There is something seriously wrong when doctors are blaming people who inject drugs for poor health rather than asking why government, at the local, state, and federal levels are not taking measures that are proven to protect the health[Read More…]
U.S. Delegation Traveled to Portugal to Learn From Country’s Groundbreaking Drug Decriminalization Policy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 27, 2018 By: Tony Newman Last month, Drug Policy Alliance’s Grants, Partnerships and Special Projects team, led by senior director, asha bandele, organized an historic delegation of advocates and journalists who traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to understand how that nation disrupted its own overdose epidemic in the 1990s,[Read More…]
Ben Carson Should Follow the Example of Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne and Experience Life in Public Housing
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Two things have been made perfectly clear by the Trump Administration. First, only the wealthy deserve a ‘real’ tax break and second, poor Americans are being held back by receiving public assistance. Without government subsidies, many more of ‘these’ people would be working and[Read More…]
Peak Health Plan Premiums Give Rise To Activism — And Unconventional Solutions
Charlottesville, VA—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2018 By: Rachel Bluth When Garnett and Dave Mellen sent their 19-year-old daughter, Gita, off to college an hour away at Virginia Commonwealth University last fall, they didn’t expect to follow her. But in November, the family received notice that its monthly health insurance premium in Charlottesville[Read More…]
Analysis: Trump Infrastructure Plan Would Leave Communities Voiceless Again
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2018 By: Kristina Costa, Lia Cattaneo, As President Donald Trump promotes his flawed infrastructure plan, a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress shows how it could turn the clock back to a time when the public had limited rights to challenge poorly designed highways,[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on Gun Violence Prevention Research in Federal Spending Bill
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 By: Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics “This morning, Congress passed a comprehensive spending bill to fund the federal government. The bill includes several notable victories for children’s health championed by the Academy—increased funding for emergency medical services for children, pediatric[Read More…]
