What's Happening
Check out what our people and partners are researching, thinking, reading, writing, watching and doing! (Note: The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ETR as an agency.)
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- July 9, 2015
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Legalized Marijuana: Making Smart Choices
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By Laura Perkins, MLS | July 9, 2015
Project Editor, ETRLaws on the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. are changing rapidly. Since 1996, 23 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized the use of marijuana to treat some medical conditions. A number of states have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. And now Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon have legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults over 21. The public health implications within this changing landscape are only just beginning to emerge.
- By Laura Perkins, MLS
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- June 2, 2015
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Déjà Vu: Big Tobacco Recruits!
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By Narinder Dhaliwal, MA | June 2, 2015
Project Director, California's Clean Air Project, ETR“Nicotine is not addictive,” tobacco executives said in 1994, testifying before Congress in what are now known as the Waxman Hearings. They said this repeatedly, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary from authorities all the way up to the U.S. Surgeon General.
Over 20 years later, we have 20 more years worth of scientific evidence demonstrating that nicotine is addictive and harmful. We know these products are killing people in all kinds of ways, from direct smoking, to secondhand smoke exposure and even thirdhand smoke (the residual nicotine and other chemicals that remain on people and indoor surfaces—hair, skin, clothes, counters, furniture, drapes, bedding and more).
So what are tobacco companies telling us now that e-cigarettes are on the scene?
- By Narinder Dhaliwal, MA
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- June 16, 2014
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Working with Tribal Nations: Breaking Barriers, Building Relationships
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By Narinder Dhaliwal, MA
Have you ever heard, “You can’t work with Native Americans unless you are a Native American”? Not true! Yet we hear it over and over again from those who appoint themselves as the “gatekeepers” of Tribal Nations. California’s Clean Air Project (CCAP) at ETR has been building relationships and providing education and research to Tribal Nations in California since 2006. What we’ve found is that respect is the key.
- By Narinder Dhaliwal, MA
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