Can Washington Get Its Life Sciences Groove Back?
Can Washington get its life sciences groove back?
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The state's Life Sciences Discovery Fund has supported research on cancer and other health issues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of Washington, and a host of other organizations around the state. … gluten-free wheat …
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Black American Doctor Fights for Patients from the Operating Room to Capitol Hill
Filed under: Drug Abuse Washington D.C.
Washington, DC– I was born to be a physician. My grandfather … Are we to believe that a check from a distant rich Uncle (Sam) can erase core problems such as distrust of authority figures, poor education, promiscuity, drug addiction, and violence …
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Third party debate full of substance in spite of sequential slip-up
Filed under: Drug Abuse Washington D.C.
Johnson made it clear he knew what he was talking about when he said the drug should be legal, stating that he had smoked marijuana as well as consumed alcohol in the past but did neither today and that his policy was “not about advocating drug use …
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Youth Violence and Homicides, CGreenlee and MHorn1 – Comments With Dr. James Haney Presents*CGreenlee and MHorn,two activists who talks about youth violence and homicides, some of the causes and consequences, Part 1 of 3 This video has Enhanced Text (et)*drjhaney Homicide among black males is an alarming problem and is often drug related, according to Dr. Winbush, but the statistics are not clear. There is an “increase in violence in places like Washington, DC, while Los Angeles, for example, has manifested a sharp decrease in the past year in spite of the gang problems. After the 1992 riot a truce was called between two of the worst street gangs in LA history, the Crips and the Bloods. There has been virtually no violence between these two gangs since this truce. Before the truce there were 20 to 30 of them dying in street violence each month. “There is evidence throughout America that black males are becoming more aware of their own responsibility in dealing with their situation. They are beginning to talk to each other. Black churches have a major role to play in this issue as well as other religious groups, such as the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam took Malcolm X out of prison and continues to do the same for others throughout our community,” Winbush notes. Drug abuse is generally associated with African American males, he continues, but there are also many stereotypes concerning drug abuse in America, “not only regarding blacks but whites as well. For example, National Public Radio did a series on drug addicts …