Month: December 2015

2015: The Year In Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015 #1 Congress Reauthorizes Medical Marijuana Protections Members of Congress approved language in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill that continues to limit the federal government from taking punitive action against state-licensed individuals or operations that are acting are in full compliance with the medical marijuana[Read More…]

Sustainable Development Goals to Kick In with Start of New Year

Source: UN in collaboration with Project Everyone NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 December 2015 – As 2015 comes to an end, and with it the 15-year cycle of the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations officially will usher in – on 1 January 2016 – an even more ambitious set of[Read More…]

How to Catch a Glimpse of a New Year’s Comet

This icy, dirty snowball from the outer solar system, known formally as C/2013 US10 (Catalina), rounded the sun last month and is now headed for its closest approach to Earth on Jan. 17. The comet poses no threat to Earth, as it will pass a comfortable 67 million miles (108[Read More…]

Children With Epilepsy Need Plans To Stop Prolonged Seizures At School

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. To prevent a child with epilepsy from having a prolonged seizure that becomes a medical crisis, a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical report says health providers, families and schools should collaborate on plans for managing the child or adolescent with epilepsy, which[Read More…]

New NIH-funded Memory Drug Moves Into Phase 1 Clinical Study

Collaboration between NIH and Tetra Discovery Partners leads to development of treatment that may affect cognition Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015.  An experimental drug that may improve memory is now being tested in a Phase 1 safety trial. The compound, BPN14770, was developed by Tetra Discovery Partners, with support from the[Read More…]

Wildlife Feel Squeeze as 322 Million Americans Ring in New Year

North Carolina, Florida Endangered Species Threatened by Population Milestones TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015.  This New Year’s Eve there are more than 322 million people in the United States — 2.5 million more than the number that rang in the New Year in 2015, according the U.S. Census Bureau. Among the[Read More…]

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Dec. 26, 2015

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 287,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 267,000. The 4-week moving average was 277,000, an increase of 4,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan: New Year Brings New Laws

Nursing home cameras; protections for sexual assault survivors, crime victims and workers effective Jan. 1 Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today highlighted new laws initiated by her office that will go into effect Jan. 1. In 2016 Illinois will become the fourth state to explicitly allow electronic[Read More…]

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