Jerusalem, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Israeli investigators intend to evaluate the potential anti-tumoral effects of the canabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) in select cancer patients. Researchers at the Hassadah Medical Center in Jerusalem will conduct a Phase II clinical trial to assess the impact of CBD as single treatment in cancer patients who[Read More…]
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New Mexico: Appeals Court Says Medicinal Marijuana Costs Covered By Workers’ Comp
Santa Fe, NM–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Employers and insurance companies are legally obligated to cover the expense of medical cannabis for employees injured on the job, the New Mexico Court of Appeals has affirmed. Writing for the court in Vialpando v. Ben’s Automotive Services, Judge James Wechsler opined that the use[Read More…]
Canada: Nation’s Largest Mental Health Group Calls For Legalizing Cannabis
Toronto, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. The production and sale of cannabis ought to be legally regulated in order to better mitigate social harms related to the plant’s use, according to a policy statement published by the Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. The CAMH is Canada’s largest mental health and[Read More…]
Report: Purity Of So-Called Hemp-Based CBD Oils Questioned
San Rafael, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Cannabidiol (CBD)-infused oils marketed online as legal hemp products possess questionable potency and may contain various impurities, according to a report published this week by the non-profit advocacy group Project CBD. According to the report, analytical testing of various products revealed significant quantities of industrial[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel And Choose Chicago Announce Microsoft Ignite In Chicago In May 2015
Conference Will Bring 20,000 Visitors and Nearly $50 Million in Estimated Direct Expenditures CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined by Choose Chicago President and CEO Don Welsh, members of organized labor and Microsoft general manager Julia White today to announce Microsoft Ignite, a new technology conference to take[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week 2014
Fourth Annual Event Brings 139 of the Midwest’s Top Engineering and Computer Science Students to Chicago; 2014 Winner of ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza Challenge Announced CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Mayor Emanuel announced today the fourth annual ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week, a three-day event that will introduce 139 of the Midwest’s top technology and[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing on Pentagon’s Response to the Ebola Outbreak, Oct. 16, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Presenters: Major General Darryl Williams, Joint Task Force Commander; Debra Malac, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia; Ben Hemingway, U.S. Agency for International Development Deputy Disaster Assistance Response Team Director STAFF: This will be an on-the-record briefing. Obviously, they — nobody can see each other, so please, Number[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on FBI Director Comey’s Encryption Speech
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. FBI Director James Comey gave a speech today suggesting that the growing use of encryption technologies on mobile devices could hinder law enforcement. Laura W. Murphy, director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union, had this comment: “Director Comey is wrong in asserting[Read More…]
National Nurses Praise RN for Speaking Out on Hospital Lapses in Dallas
Renewed Call for President Obama To Issue Executive Order Directing Hospitals to Follow Highest Ebola Standards Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. National Nurses United today praised Briana Aguirre, a registered nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for speaking out about serious lapses in safety protocols at the hospital[Read More…]
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Take at Least 1.7 Million Workers Off Public Assistance and Reduce Safety Net Spending by at Least $7.6 Billion a Year
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. The value of the minimum wage has been so severely eroded by inflation that businesses today are paying minimum wage workers 25 percent less than they were in the 1960s. Policymakers’ failure to raise the wage floor has contributed to decades-long wage stagnation and caused an[Read More…]
