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Autistic Boy Gains Ability to Speak After Just 2 Days of Cannabis Oil Treatment

theantimedia.org

June 23, 2015

This story is yet another piece of evidence piling onto the mountain of support for cannabis oil and full marijuana legalization.

At 10 months of age, Kalel Santiago of Puerto Rico was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma. He endured chemotherapy, radiation treatments, and surgery for two years - and survived. Then he was diagnosed with something permanent: severe autism that disabled him from speaking.

Shona Banda Faces Decades in Prison Because Her Son Questioned Anti-Pot Propaganda

reason.com

June 22, 2015

In Live Free or Die, a 2010 memoir recounting how cannabis oil saved her life, Shona Banda emphasizes the importance of "self-taught knowledge," acquired by constantly asking questions and "looking at all of the angles of any information given."

Her son may have learned that lesson too well. Had he been less inquisitive, less prone to question authority, he might still be living with his mother, and she might not be facing criminal charges that could send her to prison for decades. Banda, a 38-year-old massage therapist who appeared in criminal court for the first time last week, is free on a $50,000 bond while her case is pending.

State fails to meet foster care lawsuit requirements

clarionledger.com

June 16, 2015

The latest report by an independent federal court monitor says Mississippi doesn't have the capacity to meet many of the court order's basic requirements to improve the state's foster care system.

"The evidence shows that in most instances defendants did not meet Period 4 performance requirements," said Grace Lopes, the Washington, D.C.-based monitor appointed by a Mississippi federal judge. "Based on the history of defendants' performance since 2008 when the remedial stage of this lawsuit began, it appears that defendants do not have the capacity to meet many of the MSA's most basic requirements. Defendants' ongoing failure to meet these requirements has a substantial and continuing impact on the safety and well being of the thousands of children in defendants' custody every year and their timely placement in permanent and nurturing homes."

Time for change

ukiahdailyjournal.com

June 11, 2015

Time for changeTo the Editor: An Open Letter to the Mendocino County Supervisors: Mendocino County Health and Human Services (HHS) ranks at or near the bottom of the 58 California counties on many measures.

FCS fails to conduct timely investigations and is not in compliance with State-required educational standards for Social Workers handling child abuse/neglect cases. Under-qualified staff, staff shortages and poor management decisions are problems that need correcting.

Nick Lyon talks about challenges reorganizing state's new Health and Human Services Department

crainsdetroit.com

June 3, 2015

The new director of the Michigan Department Health and Human Services has his work cut out for him as he oversees the state's largest and newest department, with 14,000 employees and a $24 billion budget.

To name just two projects, Lyon is in the early phase of completing the merger of two departments that account for 45 percent of the state's annual budget - the Department of Community Health and the Department of Human Services - and he heads the state's largest rebid of Medicaid contracts that will direct $8 billion to 13 competing private health maintenance organizations for care coordination of 1.7 million low-income recipients.

Supreme Court Rules Police DO NOT Need A Warrant To Search Your Home

countercurrentnews.com

June 2, 2015

Much to the surprise of the general public, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of expanded the ability of law enforcement to search without warrants.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority of the court which  ruled 6 to 3 that "when occupants of a residents disagree on whether they will admit police without a warrant, the objecting occupant must be physically present," the Washington Post  reported. "That doesn't change if police have removed the objector," the court added. "An occupant who is absent due to a lawful detention or arrest stands in the same shoes as an occupant who is absent for any other reason," Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote.

Organic Similac the subject of new class action lawsuit

legalnewsline.com

June 1, 2015

The maker of organically labeled infant formula is being sued over allegations that its formula wasn't actually organic.

Sara Margentette, Matthew O'Neil Nighswander and Ellen Steinlien filed the suit on May 15 in U.S. District Court in New York against Abbot Laboratories, claiming its Similac Advance Organic Infant Formulas contained ingredients that are prohibited in organic foods. The lawsuit claims about 26 of the ingredients, which is more than half of the 49 ingredients listed, are not allowed in organic food.

Water Defense Call For Halt to Irrigating Food Crops with Oil Field Wastewater in Nation's Produce Basket

rinf.com

May 26, 2015

National advocacy organizations Food & Water Watch and Water Defense are calling on California Governor Jerry Brown to protect Americans who consume California produce by ending the practice of using toxic oil field wastewater for irrigation.

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times revealed that testing by Water Defense had found toxic industrial chemicals present in the recycled oil field wastewater used to irrigate crops in California’s Central Valley.

Parents Get $800,000 Settlement After Police Kidnapped Their Children Without a Warrant

countercurrentnews.com

May 22, 2015

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently settled a suit filed by parents of two children who Sheriff's deputies kidnapped with no warrant. The

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently settled a suit filed by parents of two children who Sheriff's deputies kidnapped with no warrant. The settlement reached a mutually-agreed upon $800,000 to be paid to the parents in question, who said their civil rights had been violated. The lawsuit claimed that the children were wrongfully removed from their San Gabriel Valley home, some four years ago. The police had no warrant to take the children, but they were nevertheless kept by the state for four months.

New Australian law allows forced vaccinations, quarantine or jail to 'prevent the spread of disease'

tottnews.com

May 14, 2015

Individuals suspected of having a serious contagious disease could face five years in prison if they defy orders to stay at home - including forced vaccinations, searches without a warrant - according to new legislation passed into Australian law.

The Biosecurity Bill 2014 cleared parliament yesterday, and is aimed at 'preventing' the spread of diseases, such as Ebola, in human populations and agriculture, despite having no confirmed cases of the outbreak in Australia. The government expects the human control orders to be 'seldom used', but believes they are important to manage serious communicable diseases, especially in light of the recent Ebola epidemic.

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