NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  By Anthony Papa  Manager, Media Relations, Drug Policy Alliance http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-papa/rockefeller-drug-laws_b_3230594.html In 1973, two years after President Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” New York Governor Rockefeller passed the toughest drug laws in the nation. It was then that the Rockefeller Drug Laws were created, demanding mandatory[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  The full text of the op-ed by President Obama is printed below. The piece was published yesterday in the Miami Herald.  Improving our Partnership with Latin America By Barack Obama   Last week, I was proud to visit Mexico for the fourth time as president and[Read More…]

New York –(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  Yesterday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced plans to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for nearly 340 violations of the National Mortgage Settlement agreement.  The $25 billion agreement, set up over a year ago by the federal government and 49 states with[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  The AFL-CIO welcomes the announcement by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of his intention to sue banks for alleged violations of the National Mortgage Settlement. Last year, state and federal authorities and the largest mortgage servicers agreed to the National Mortgage Settlement to settle[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  A new, bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code is a positive step toward breaking our country’s addiction to incarceration, said the American Civil Liberties Union today. The House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2013, which is made up of five[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013. As Congress debates reforming the nation’s immigration system, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is issuing a call to support the health and well-being of immigrant children, infants, adolescents and young adults. The AAP policy statement, “Providing Care for Immigrant, Migrant, and Border Children,” will be[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The California Supreme Court ruled today that municipalities possess the legal authority to prohibit the establishment of medical cannabis dispensaries. The unanimous ruling upheld a 4th District Court of Appeals opinion (City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients’ Health and[Read More…]

Statement from Drug Policy Alliance:  “The Only Way to Protect Patients is for California to Adopt State Wide Medical Marijuana Regulation”  CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013.  Today, the California Supreme Court held that localities may entirely ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within their jurisdictions in a closely watched case, City of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2013.  The following op-ed by Vice President Joe Biden appeared yesterday in print in the Houston Chronicle. Biden: Background checks are key to gun safety Congress must not let the NRA sway votes on firearm legislation By Vice President Joe Biden In recent years, Americans have witnessed[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2013.  Last week, FWD.Us released two television ads praising sitting U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC) for their support of dirty fuel projects like the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in America’s Arctic. Founded by leading tech executives including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and[Read More…]