Advocates Call for State and Federal Reform Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients and Legal Adult Users of Marijuana Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2015. Today the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed lower court decisions allowing employers to fire employees for marijuana use while off-duty. The decision hinged on the state’s lawful off-duty activities statute. [Read More…]
Latest News
Costa Rican Ministry of Health Releases Criteria for Pending Medical Marijuana Bill
Announcement Followed By First Conference In Central America On Medical Marijuana; Marijuana Reform Initiative Finally Brings Central America Into The Regional Debate image by Željko Heimer, 1 June 2001 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2015. Earlier this month, the Costa Rican Ministry of Health outlined the details for the implementation of a[Read More…]
Three in Four Adults Played Sports When They Were Younger, but Only One in Four Still Play
Despite difficult odds, many parents hope their child will become a professional athlete Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll finds that although almost three in four adults played sports when they were younger (73%), only one in four[Read More…]
NARAL Responds To SCOTUS Action on NC Ultrasound Case
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. Statement of Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “Across the country, Republican Governors and state legislatures are passing bills and signing into law legislation that will restrict health care options for women. Today, even the Conservative-led Supreme Court said that one of these attempts—medically unnecessary[Read More…]
VA Campaign Encourages Public to Help Raise PTSD Awareness
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. As the country recognizes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, the VA National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) is inviting the public to participate in its “PTSD Awareness: June 2015” campaign, which began June 1. This year’s goal is to help more Veterans, their families, caregivers and[Read More…]
Survey: Nearly One Out Of Six MS Patients Use Cannabis Therapeutically
Indianapolis, IN–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. One-quarter of patients with multiple sclerosis report having used cannabis therapeutically and nearly one out of six (16 percent) currently use it to treat symptoms of the disease, according to survey data commissioned by the North American Research Committee on MS. Over 5,600 MS patients participated[Read More…]
North Carolina’s Coercive Ultrasound Law Permanently Blocked as Supreme Court Refuses Review
Federal district court, appellate court both determined law violates First Amendment, interferes in doctor-patient relationship Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. The United States Supreme Court today declined to review a North Carolina law that would have forced a woman to undergo a narrated ultrasound before receiving an abortion—a measure that was[Read More…]
Rosetta’s Lander Philae Wakes Up from Hibernation
Philae touchdown EU–(ENEWSPF)–14 June 2015. Rosetta’s lander Philae has woken up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The signals were received at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt at 22:28 CEST on 13 June. More than 300 data packets have been analysed by the[Read More…]
The Monsanto Protection Act is Back, and Worse Than Ever
Latest changes to the Pompeo “DARK” Act create an anti-democracy, anti-consumer, anti-environment mega-bill Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. Center for Food Safety (CFS) today expressed strong opposition to Representative Pompeo’s newly revised genetically engineered (GE) food labeling preemption bill (H.R. 1599), which now has been greatly expanded to not only[Read More…]
Former Dolton Certified Water Operator Charged With Falsifying Drinking Water Sampling Data
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A former Dolton certified water operator was indicted last week on charges that, for several years, he routinely falsified paperwork to make it appear that Dolton was properly sampling its drinking water for microbiological contaminants. Dolton purchases its drinking water from the City of Chicago, which[Read More…]
