Youth Today, November 1999 – November 2004. Berkeley professor Franklin Zimring concludes that youth crime is not increasing, and that punitive public policies are based on fears rather than facts.
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CNN Tonight, December 18, 2009. The head of President Obama’s Food and Drug Administration urged a no vote on a drug imports bill proposed by North Dakota Senate Democrat Byron Dorgan.
Read More »FDA Reports Political Pressure Over Implant: Approved Knee Device Will Be Reviewed
The Washington Post, September 25, 2009. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it is reevaluating its approval of a knee-surgery device after a highly unusual internal review found that federal regulators may have been swayed by political pressure.
Read More »FDA, In First Tobacco Action, Bans Flavors
Reuters, September 23, 2009. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took its first steps to rein in the tobacco industry on Tuesday, implementing a ban on candy, clove and other flavored cigarettes.
Read More »More Drug Firms Doing Follow-ups Than Thought–FDA
Reuters, September 3, 2009. More pharmaceutical companies have completed studies required by U.S. health regulators after their products were allowed on the market than previously thought.
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