Behind closed doors the drug marketing machine exposed
McCaskill and Kohl push for a public registry of all payments and gifts from drug companies to physicians while critics flag FDA reform as urgent and worry about the registry’s cost access and data use. Americans spent about 201 billion dollars on prescription drugs in 2005 and Medicare drug coverage grows.
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Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
Congress
McCaskill
Springfield
Herb Kohl
D-Wis
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Promotion Notes Honor Local Servicemen July 1982
Marine Nelson M Broughton was promoted to lance corporal at Camp Pendleton in recognition of outstanding performance and professional abilities. He is the son of Ira A ONeil Jr and Jill ONeil, and grandson of Mr and Mrs Ira A ONeil of Roswell. Pvt David L Ramos completed basic training at Fort Knox and Deanna J Gomez will study allied health at UNM in Albuquerque.
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Nelson M. Broughton
1St Force Service Support Group
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Nelson
Ira A
Jill O'Neil Jr
Ira A. O'Neil
Roswell
Army
David L. Ramos
Fort Knox
Ken
David
Elias N. Ramos
Deanna J. Gomez
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Deanna
David P. Gomez
UNM
New Mexico Allows Medical Marijuana Grow Your Own Plan
A New Mexico rule lets medical cannabis patients grow up to four plants at home while the Health Department seeks guidance on federal conflicts. The policy aims to reduce reliance on middlemen and reflects a pragmatic approach despite police concerns and federal nonrecognition of the plant.
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New Mexico
Health Department
Santa Fe
State Health Department
Supreme Court shifts left on race and abortion era ends
The new conservative Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts is seen as rolling back liberal precedents. In 5-4 decisions, the court limited race considerations in school integration, banned partial birth abortion, allowed school discipline over messages, and struck down a 1911 ruling on minimum retail price controls, signaling a pro business, anti consumer tilt.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
George W. Bush
High Court
John Roberts
America
Brown
Board of Education
Topeka
Kan
Seattle
Louisville
Roberts Court
Supreme Court decision restores first amendment in campaign finance
The Supreme Court in FEC v Wisconsin Right to Life upholds free political speech by striking down parts of McCain Feingold 2002. The 5 4 ruling narrows restrictions that earlier limited grassroots and organizational advocacy ahead of elections. The decision signals ongoing legal challenges to campaign finance limits.
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Supreme Court
FEC
Wisconsin
Right To Life
McCain-Feingold
Congress
Sup
Bush
John Roberts
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