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February 22, 2017
More Texans support legalizing marijuana
According to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, 83 percent of Texans support some form of marijuana legalization, signaling a shift in attitudes toward the drug. Yet state legislators largely still support marijuana prohibition.
“I think we need to keep asking ourselves whether we would rather put control of drugs into the hands of law-abiding citizens acting under careful regulation and oversight, or continue to leave it in the hands of criminals who have no incentive to restrict its use and distribute it in a responsible manner,” fellow Bill Martin said.
Listen to his full interview with the Texas Standard on the challenges to legalizing marijuana use in Texas: http://bit.ly/2l9OscT.
February 21, 2017
Trump energizes Texas' anti-vaccine movement
President Trump’s embrace of long-discredited theories linking vaccines to autism has energized the anti-vaccine movement in the U.S., with residents in Texas forming the most politically active anti-vaccine coalitions. Fellow Peter J. Hotez said Texas could become the leader of the anti-vaccination movement, as some public schools already are close to the threshold at which measles outbreaks can be expected.
February 20, 2017
Trump's Science Policy A Source of Concern
After moderating a session at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), senior fellow in science and technology policy Neal Lane gave several interviews expressing his concerns over the new administration's apparent attitude toward science policy and tendency to control federal agencies' communications.
Read more February 18, 2017
Amb. Djerejian on Trump administration
Ambassador Edward Djerejian discussed President Trump, U.S.-Russia relations and more in an interview with Bloomberg Radio: http://bit.ly/2lQJUsR.
Read more February 17, 2017
What the repeal of Obamacare will mean for Texas
It will be extremely difficult to devise a replacement for the Affordable Care Act that allows all of the newly insured to stay insured. The solution, says fellow Vivian Ho in an interview with Texas Monthly, is to fix the ACA — not throw it out. “The ACA is not perfect, and to expect it to be is asking too much," she says.