UK—(ENEWSPF)—19 December 2013. Video and computer games have seen a huge rise in popularity worldwide. The fact that such games provide an immersive virtual experience has led to public concerns, often articulated in the media, about a possible link between gaming and real world aggression. However, a new study by[Read More…]
Opinion
More States Must Use Flexibility Wavers to Expand Learning Time
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2013. A new report released yesterday by the Center for American Progress provides an up-to-date review of states’ Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, flexibility plans and assesses the extent to which states have strategically thought about how expanded learning time can support school turnaround efforts.[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Proposes Reforms to Improve Outcomes, Efficiency of U.S. Postsecondary Education System
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2013. A new report released yesterday by the Center for American Progress outlines promising reforms that seek to improve and strengthen the connection between higher-education systems and employers, and urges an “all-of-the-above” approach to boost program completion, reduce educational costs, and improve the overall quality of the[Read More…]
Five Years After Oil and Gas Debacle in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management Is at a Turning Point
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2013. Five years ago this week, a controversial decision by the Bush administration to lease lands near national parks in Utah for oil and gas drilling sparked a firestorm of public opposition and prompted the incoming Obama administration to undertake an aggressive agenda to clean up and[Read More…]
National Institute on Drug Abuse Releases 2013 Teen Drug Use Survey
Monitoring the Future Survey Finds Cigarette and Alcohol Use at Historic Lows; Prescription Painkillers and Synthetic Marijuana Also Down NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2013. The federal government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse released its annual Monitoring the Future survey today. Cigarette and alcohol use continued their long-term decline, reaching the lowest[Read More…]
Environmental Working Group: New FDA Rule for Antibacterial Soap is Important Step, More Action Needed
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…]
The Beginning of the End: The Top 10 Drug Policy Stories of 2013
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2013. 2013 will go down in history as the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. 58 percent of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former UN head Kofi Annan are calling for an end to the drug war. US Attorney General[Read More…]
Killing Two Birds With One Drone
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…]
D.C. District Court Fails on Pollution Trading: Clean Water Act Trading Lawsuit Dismissed Due to Burden of Proof
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…]
Stop Sending Undercover Cops Into Our Schools to Entrap Our Kids on Drug Charges
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…]
