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Big Win Against Opioid Addiction

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 08/25/2016 - 17:53

For over a decade Bob and Carmen Pack have fought to prevent reckless opioid prescribing after losing their two young children in an accident caused by a driver high on drugs and alcohol.

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Vote Counts

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 10:22

The end of a two-year legislative session is a showcase of the most anti-democratic tendencies of our political system, and this year will be no different. Last-chance votes on legislative proposals loom at the same time as lawmakers do their most prolific fundraising of the year. But this end of session might also bring votes on three reforms that could shake up democracy in California.

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California Committee Looking At High Gas Prices Sets Its Sights on Market Power

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 13:06

The Energy Commission committee charged with finding a solution for California’s high gas prices has sometimes been a hostile place for consumers over the last year and a half. At Tuesday's meeting, that changed. The Air Resources Board, NRDC, four members of the committee, and even oil trader Vitol SA echoed Consumer Watchdog to question refiners' market power and lack of transparency for price spikes.

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Brown's Dirty Hands Plus One

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Wed, 08/17/2016 - 15:10
 As the Los Angeles Times just reported, the oil industry is not only behind a request from Assemblymember Adam Gray and a dozen other lawmakers to audit the Air Resources Board, at the forefront of state efforts against global warming, but wrote the request for Gray. 
 

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CA Bill Still Shelters Doctors Who Fail Drug Tests

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 16:38

Would you want to know if your doctor was in addiction treatment and failed a drug test? Shouldn't he have to tell the hospital he works at? What about the state Medical Board responsible for disciplining physicians who place patients at risk?

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Meth and Medicine: What Patients Deserve To Know About Their Doctors

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 12:04

UPDATE Saturday May 9 -- Those watching Friday's Medical Board meeting from home can be excused for coming away thinking they are champions of patient safety. Members said so often enough.  But true to form, the Board stuck with doctors' interests when they voted to support SB 1177 and take a neutral if amended stance on SB 1033.

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