Chronic pain patients report significant reductions in their pain scores following the use of cannabis, according to survey data published in the Open Journal of Anesthesiology. Investigators affiliated with Hofstra University in New York and the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane surveyed patients receiving care in a pain clinic setting. Respondents’ average pain scores fell … Continue reading Survey: Cannabis Use Associated with 50 Percent Reduction in Pain Scores
Key points All people with Down syndrome are intrinsically and immeasurably valuable. In addition, people with Down syndrome are happy with their lives and make their families and communities better off.Medical advancements have helped increase life expectancy of people with Down syndrome from about 10 years in the 1960s to over 50 years in 2020 … Continue reading Down Syndrome and Social Capital: Assessing the Costs of Selective Abortion
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, discussed his concerns with the nomination of Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Thune highlighted Ms. Sohn’s radical position on net neutrality, and he noted that Americans deserve an FCC nominee who can do his or her … Continue reading Thune: Gigi Sohn’s Proven Partisanship Makes Her Unfit to Serve at the FCC
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he would send a bill to the General Assembly in the upcoming special session to suspend Virginia's gas tax for 3 months. The Governor proposes using over $437 million in unanticipated transportation revenues to support the gas tax holiday. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week showed … Continue reading Governor Glenn Youngkin Proposes Gas Tax Holiday for Struggling Virginians
Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) joined a resolution led by Rep. Jim Banks condemning the Biden Administration's attempt to re-enter the failed Obama-era Iran nuclear deal. “Only a professed foreign policy expert like Joe Biden would think it wise to restart nuclear negotiations with the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism who just days ago pelted … Continue reading Barry Moore blasts Biden for resurrecting Iran nuclear deal negotiations
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans renewed their request for District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser to provide her plan to address rampant violent crime in the nation’s capital city. In the letter, the Republican lawmakers blast Democrat-led budget cuts to the Metropolitan Police Department’s budget (MPD) … Continue reading Oversight Republicans Blast DC Democrat Defund the Police Efforts
U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced the Assessing Children's Academic Development and the Emotional and Mental Health Implications of COVID-19 (ACADEMIC) Act. The legislation would authorize the U.S. Department of Education, in coordination with other relevant federal agencies, to expand a current COVID-19 study to better assess the … Continue reading Scott, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Study Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Students’ Academic and Health Outcomes
Russian artist Andrei Molodkin has produced a portrait of Vladimir Putin filled with Ukrainian blood as a protest against the invasion of Ukraine. The sculpture has been made in collaboration with his Ukrainian friends and co-workers, based with him at The Foundry in France, who donated their blood before returning to their home country to fight. Since, their wives … Continue reading Russian Artist Andrei Molodkin Creates Portrait Of Vladimir Putin Filled With Ukrainian Blood In Protest Of Invasion
Judicial Watch announced that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for records of communication between Special Counsel John Durham and Attorney General Merrick Garland (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:22-cv-00734)). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the … Continue reading Judicial Watch Sues DOJ for Records of Communication Between Special Counsel John Durham and Attorney General Merrick Garland
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