OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. Marijuana activists have been saying for decades that the DEA needs to be de-funded. The agency has caused so much misery and ruined so many lives in the name of the drug war. The money that goes to fund their failed war on drugs could be going[Read More…]
Opinion
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Leader Harry Reid’s Retirement Announcement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. Senator Reid has been a leader in title, but more importantly in practice. The lives of working people in Nevada and across the country are better because of his achievements in a long and illustrious career in public service. While the politics of Washington, DC can[Read More…]
Food and Water Watch: Obama’s Antibiotic Plan Fails to Address Overuse on Factory Farms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “Today the White House released its ‘National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria,’ which is intended to protect the public from antibiotic resistant infections. Unfortunately, the plan falls short of protecting the public from this[Read More…]
NRDC: DOE’s Petroleum Council Dead Wrong on Arctic Drilling
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 27,2015 – The National Petroleum Council, the largely industry-based oil and gas advisory committee to the Department of Energy, released a study Friday predicting the twilight of oil production through fracking and calling for drilling in the Arctic Ocean to compensate for depleting onshore reserves of oil. Niel Lawrence,[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Retirement of Harry Reid
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2015. Today, U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “The Sierra Club and the rest of the environmental movement are filled with gratitude today for Senator[Read More…]
DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Flat For 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) held steady in 2014, but remain well below totals from just five years ago. According to the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Statistical Report, agents eradicated some 4.3 million marijuana plants in 2014.[Read More…]
Study on Cook County Juvenile Court Recommends Shift in Priorities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. A comprehensive needs assessment of the Cook County Juvenile Court system finds a groundswell of support is growing for keeping kids out of a system that most believe is broken and ineffective. The study commissioned by Cook County Justice for Children (CCJC) and conducted by Roosevelt University’s[Read More…]
New Report Provides Comprehensive Data on Marijuana Arrests and Charges in Colorado After Legal Regulation for Adult Use
Marijuana Possession Charges Decrease From 30,000+ in 2010 to Less Than 2,000 in 2014 COLORAD—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2015. All eyes are on Colorado to gauge the impact of the country’s first-ever state law to tax and regulate the sale of marijuana to adults 21 and older. Since the first retail marijuana[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Calls on House to Reject Harmful Abortion Restriction
‘This bill would hurt low-income women’s health,’ Planned Parenthood says Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Planned Parenthood Federation of America today called on leadership in the House of Representatives to work quickly to remove a harmful abortion restriction from a healthcare funding package that currently ignores and marginalizes the needs of[Read More…]
Billboards Remind Americans Their Tax Dollars are Funding an Illegal Occupation
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Just a few weeks from the April 15 deadline to file federal tax returns, the American Muslims for Palestine, a national education and advocacy organization based in Palos Hills, IL, today placed electronic billboards asking the provocative question: “Have you declared Israel a dependent on your[Read More…]
