#public-health-and-safety

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Cannabis
fromUpper East Side, NY Patch
1 week ago

Unlicensed Weed Shop Gets Shut Down On The UES, City Officials Say

NYC officials shut down an unlicensed cannabis shop on the Upper East Side, seizing 84.6 pounds of marijuana and THC products following community complaints.
Public health
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Trump FDA Official Warns Recent Changes at Agency Risk Public Health: Report

Richard Pazdur warned that Makary's accelerated drug-approval initiatives and expedited review program risk public health, legal compliance, and transparent scientific review.
Cars
fromStreetsblog
4 months ago

The 'War on Cars' Is Worth Fighting - And Here's What Life Might Look Like When We Win - Streetsblog USA

Removing cars reveals safer, fairer, healthier cities and exposes how car domination harms childhood, nature, community safety, environmental justice, and urban life.
fromStreetsblog
4 months ago

Sneak Peek: In Their Book, 'The War on Cars' Hosts Explore Life After the Automobile - Streetsblog USA

Far from serving as a figurative and literal vehicle for freedom and independence, cars exclude vast numbers of people from full enfranchisement in society -children, older people who have lost the ability to drive, people with disabilities that prevent them from driving, people who can't afford to buy or operate a car. Automobiles have produced far more collective damage to the world, in terms of death, illness, and environmental destruction, than nearly any other invention in human history.
Cars
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