Is the FDA Contributing to the Homelessness Crisis?

Is the FDA Contributing to the Homelessness Crisis?

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In a recent op-ed for The Hill, Dr. Jeffrey Singer, and co-author Josh Bloom, PhD, Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research at the American Council on Science and Health, discuss the FDA’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program as a barrier contributing to the homelessness crisis among individuals with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia. Singer notes that two-thirds of homeless individuals suffer from mental health issues, many requiring effective treatments such as clozapine. However, stringent REMS requirements […]

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Abolish the Federal Alcohol Tax and Regulation System

Abolish the Federal Alcohol Tax and Regulation System

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When the 21st Amendment was ratified in 1933, ending America’s “noble experiment” with nationwide alcohol Prohibition, it supposedly meant the federal government was getting out of the business of regulating booze. But few governments willingly give up power, and even fewer give it up absolutely. In 1935, Congress passed the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act), allowing the feds to collect alcohol excise taxes, prevent unfair trade practices, and protect consumers. Determining which agency should administer the FAA […]

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The Hidden Ideology of Megachurch Marketing

The Hidden Ideology of Megachurch Marketing

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As an unofficial member of “Weird Christian Twitter,” I had kept up fairly well with the onslaught of pastoral sex scandals this past summer. It was only a peek into an otherwise quite active stream of controversy over how abuse cases had been handled (or just ignored) by prominent evangelical leaders, from the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and from John MacArthur to Doug Wilson. Continue Reading…

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Hollywood candidate Harris falls to New York television studio candidate Trump. War with Iran for Israel/Zion is the game either way.

Hollywood candidate Harris falls to New York television studio candidate Trump. War with Iran for Israel/Zion is the game either way.

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First the Romance, Now the Reality …Harris didn’t make her own way to prominence in the Democratic Party. She was picked out of the chorus line and guided along like a starlet in the old Hollywood studio system, which is the model to which the two political parties aspire. Someone in the film industry once said “the audience will know what they want when we show it to them”– the only defensible position for an artist to take. […]

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