The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart catches John Oliver off-guard, honoring him on his last day at the Daily Show. By the end of the retrospective, featuring some of Oliver’s finest moments, Stewart brings Oliver to tears. Perhaps the best are[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. The New York City Council voted yesterday to ban the use of e-cigarettes in bars, offices and even outdoors in public parks. The Council approved the ban 43 to 8, and the new law will go into effect in four months. I know first-hand about smoking,[Read More…]

Drug Policy Alliance: President Praised; Many Others Deserve Similar Relief; Congress Should Reform Mandatory Minimum Laws NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. Today President Obama is expected to commute the sentences of eight federal inmates convicted of non-violent drug offenses involving crack cocaine. Mr. Obama, said the eight men and women had[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2013.  Statement of Environmental Working Group’s Scott Faber, senior vice-president of government affairs, on the food industry’s petition to the Food and Drug Administration to permit foods labeled as “natural” to contain genetically engineered ingredients: Consumers who buy foods labeled as ‘natural’ expect those foods to be[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Adolescent consumption of alcohol and tobacco fell to historic lows while self-reported annual use of cannabis held steady, according to survey data released today by the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor — which has been sampling teens consumption of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013.  The Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to require manufacturers to prove antibacterial hand soaps are safe and better than plain soap and water is a sign that the agency is finally “cracking down on the widespread use of ingredients that may be harmful to public health,”[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2013.  15 innocent people in Yemen were killed Thursday by a Drone attack. According to a Reuters report: “An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital,”[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSWPF)–December 16, 2013.  Statement from Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: Last Friday, a Washington, D.C. District Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Food & Water Watch and Friends of the Earth that challenged the legality of water pollution trading under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 13, 2013. By Tony Newman,Director of Media Relations, Drug Policy Alliance Here we go again. Undercover cops pose as students, make friends, build trust, and then arrest teenagers for selling mostly small amounts of marijuana. Yesterday nearly two dozen students were busted at two southern California high-schools, according[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2013 – In response to the budget agreement passed by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – Terry O’Sullivan issued the following statement:  “While providing some relief from the sequester cuts, the budget agreement passed[Read More…]