ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. The following is the statement of ACLU of Illinois Police Practice Project Director Karen Sheley regarding the release of the Department of Justice findings on the Chicago Police Department: The report issued today by the U. S. Department of Justice confirms what many residents of Chicago have[Read More…]
Opinion
Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression: Movement for Community Control and the DOJ Report on Chicago Police
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. We at the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, alongside family members of victims of police murder, torture and abuse, originally made an urgent request for US Department of Justice intervention in Chicago in August of 2014. We submitted a letter documenting unresolved complaints of CPD’s[Read More…]
NORML Responds To National Academy of Sciences’ Marijuana Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a comprehensive report today acknowledging that “conclusive or substantial evidence” exists for cannabis’ efficacy in patients suffering from chronic pain, and sharply criticized longstanding federal regulatory barriers to marijuana research – in particular “the classification of cannabis[Read More…]
Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Has Created 123,00 Full-Time Jobs
Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. The legal cannabis industry is responsible for the creation of an estimated 123,000 full-time jobs in the United States, according to data provided by the online content provider Leafly.com. Authors analyzed state-by-state economic data to draw their extrapolations. They estimated some 58,000 full-time jobs in states[Read More…]
National Nurses Call Out 13 Democrats on Rx Vote: Whose Side Are You On? Big Pharma or Patients?
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. National Nurses United today sharply criticized 13 Senate Democrats who defeated an amendment that would have aided tens of millions of patients struggling with skyrocketing prescription drug costs, voting instead Tuesday night to ally with the pharmaceutical industry. The critical test was on an amendment[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Statement on Civil Rights Leaders, a DREAMer, and Sexual Assault Survivor Testimony Against Sessions
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Planned Parenthood Federation of America applauded the testimony of the civil rights leaders, DREAMer and sexual assault survivor and advocate who stood for the rights of all Americans and shined a light on the troubling record of President Elect Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee, Senator[Read More…]
National Academy of Sciences Finds Conclusive Evidence That Marijuana is an Effective Medicine
Landmark Report Calls Schedule I Classification a Barrier to Marijuana Research Drug Policy Alliance: Federal Government Must Stop Standing in Way of Marijuana Reform Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Today, the National Academy of Sciences released a groundbreaking report, “The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence[Read More…]
Sierra Club: EPA Accused Fiat Chrysler of Diesel Emissions Cheating
Sierra Club: Auto Industry Needs to Clean Up Its Act WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced findings that Fiat Chrysler used cheat devices in more than 100,000 U.S. diesel vehicles sold since 2014, including the Dodge Ram 1500 pickup trucks and Jeep Grand Cherokees[Read More…]
Where’s the Salt, Park Forest?
To The Editor: I have just noticed that at 11:30 in the morning on Thursday, January 12, with the town well encased with ice and low temperatures continuing, the downtown area has not been salted and I wonder why that is. Are they waiting for a lawsuit? Is this the way Village[Read More…]
Sierra Club Releases Two Ads Exposing Pruitt’s Dirty History
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. Today, just ahead of the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Sierra Club released two hard-hitting ads revealing why Scott Pruitt’s history as a polluter ally makes him unfit to head the agency. The ads serve as a[Read More…]
