Animal welfare advocates gathered in Sacramento recently to lobby for legislation to limit property owners’ ability to prohibit pets or charge monthly “pet rent.” Though the measure was weakened amid intense lobbying, it could mark an important victory for California’s pets and their parents’ housing security. It should serve as a model for legislation across […]
More than 1,000 New Mexicans die from drug overdoses each year, and while there s been a slight drop in overdoses from opioids nationwide, it s mostly offset by those from cocaine and other stimulants. James Besante, chief medical officer at the Santa Fe Recovery Center, said the opioid crisis is evolving - sometimes described as "waves." Now in its fourth wave, he said the nearly 4% decrease reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is good news, but doesn t reflect what he s seeing on the ground. He noted that it s common that multiple drugs are involved in overdose deaths. .
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By Mara O Malley for Kent State News Lab.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Though it is now legal for Ohioans to use cannabis, the 2023 passage of Issue 2 does not prevent employers from drug testing job applicants and employees and instituting zero-tolerance policies. Employers in Ohio are still permitted to penalize workers who use, possess or distribute marijuana. .
By Torsheta Jackson for Yes! Media.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Illinois News Connection reporting for the YES! Media-Public News Service Collaboration Residents of Evanston, Illinois, filed into the Evanston Township High School Auditorium for the reparations committee’s regular meeting on Jan. .