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Addressing an epidemic of Rx deaths
Prescription drug overdoses killed more than 37,000 Americans in 2009, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; that death rate has tripled since 1990. The increase is not surprising, considering these additional CDC statistics: The number of...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Alprazolam (drug), Pain, Pharmaceuticals, Disasters and Accidents
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Anthem's mail-order policy may have crossed a legal line
Anthem Blue Cross may be breaking California law by requiring some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy, according to the state attorney general's office. Anthem, the state's largest for-profit health insurer,...
Tags: Federal Trade Commission, Bipolar Disorder, Healthcare Policies, Heart Disease, Diabetes
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris issues mobile apps privacy guidelines
California's top cop has issued guidelines on what steps software developers should take to protect the privacy of consumers on mobile devices. Until recently, the data collection practices of mobile apps makers -- and the rest of the mobile ecosystem...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Consumers, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice, Ecosystems
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A.G.: Sanitary District can sue Fitzpatrick
The state attorney general has ruled that the Costa Mesa Sanitary District may sue to remove one of its directors because of a potential incompatibility in his prior service to both the district and the city's Planning Commission. Kamala D. Harris and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lawyers, Politics, Litigation
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Board moves against Fitzpatrick
Four directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District unanimously voted Thursday night to pursue litigation against Director Jim Fitzpatrick, contending that his prior simultaneous service on the district and the city's Planning Commission were...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Allan R. Mansoor, Justice System
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Supreme Court to rule on California's Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Friday for a historic decision on gay rights, announcing it would hear appeals of rulings striking down California's Proposition 8 and the federal law denying benefits for legally married same-sex couples....
Tags: Voting, Family, Social Issues, Laws, Trials
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Local police can decide whether to hold illegal immigrants, state attorney general says
L.A. NOWCalifornia Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris on Tuesday told local law enforcement agencies that they were not obligated to comply with a controversial federal program launched in 2008 with the goal of deporting immigrants convicted of serious crimes. It was... -
Fate of conversion therapy ban unclear after 2nd judge weighs in
L.A. NOWLess than 24 hours after a U.S. district judge issued an injunction blocking California from enforcing its ban on gay-conversion therapy, a second judge disagreed, making the fate of the first-in-the-nation law unclear.... -
Atty. Gen. Harris says federal deportation program goes too far
L.A. NOWCalifornia Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris says a federal program whose goal is to deport illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes has made illegal immigrants fearful of cooperating with police, even when they were the victims.... -
Baca will no longer turn over low-level offenders to immigration
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday he will no longer honor requests from federal authorities to detain suspected illegal immigrants arrested for low-level crimes, a reversal from his previous support of the controversial Secure Communities... -
Supreme Court's Prop. 8 case: Big stakes for California
L.A. NOWKris Perry and Sandy Stier, the plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case, have been waiting years to get married.... -
California Democrats weigh in on Prop. 8 decision
PolitiCalCalifornia Democrats were quick to weigh in Friday on the Supreme Court's announcement that it will rule for the first time on same-sex marriage by deciding the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California voter initiative that limited marriage to...
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