Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013.  It is extremely difficult to construct a credible scenario in which the United States hits the debt ceiling on October 17 without inflicting major damage to the U.S. and world economies, according to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress. According to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2013.  With the government shutdown now stretching into its second week, House Republicans resorted to a novel yet hollow approach to funding the government by passing small, targeted appropriations for only a select group of government functions. In a column released today by the Center for American[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2013. by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director They say things are bigger in Texas and, according to new survey data just released by Public Policy Polling, that includes support for marijuana law reform. PPP’s polling found that 58% of Texans support regulating marijuana like alcohol and only[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2013.  While the government shutdown postponed today’s release of the September unemployment data, a new analysis by the Center for American Progress demonstrates what today’s jobs report from the Department of Labor could have looked like if federal and state governments had not implemented policies of fiscal austerity. “According[Read More…]

Vancouver, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2013.  Law enforcement-based efforts criminalizing the possession of illicit substances have largely failed to reduce drug production, potency, or access, according to an assessment of global drug interdiction efforts published online this week by the British Medical Journal. Investigators from Canada and the United States reviewed government[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2013.  Renewed U.S. commitment to address atrocities committed by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, will bolster the ongoing counter-LRA efforts in Central Africa, argues a new Enough Project report released today. The report,“Completing the Mission: U.S. Special Forces Are Essential for Ending the LRA,” commends the continued[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–01 October 2013.   The number of people in Britain who are using the internet has risen, reaching 78% of the population aged 14 years and over as compared with 59% in 2003. Yet according to the latest survey of British internet use and attitudes, conducted by the University’s Oxford Internet[Read More…]

BMJ Open study shows illegal drugs cheaper, more potent despite law enforcement efforts NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2013. A new study published in the British Medical Journal Open finds that the prices of illegal drugs have generally declined while their purity has increased over the past twenty years, raising questions about the[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2013 For a study in the October 2013 Pediatrics, researchers worked one-on-one with more than 2,400 5- and 6-year-olds in Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Russia, asking them to match logos with pictures of products. Eight cigarette brand logos were included. Overall, 68 percent[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013.  Confidence fell in September as consumers were more likely to anticipate a slower pace of economic growth, fewer job opportunities and less favorable personal financial prospects, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946,[Read More…]