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As Fentanyl Streams Over Wide-Open Border, Students Lead Effort to Combat Campus Overdoses

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Ten years ago, I had never heard the word “fentanyl.” Now, every sorority and fraternity on my college campus is equipped with Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, a lifesaving medication used to treat opioid overdoses. The fentanyl crisis is acutely felt on college campuses. Oftentimes, college students will take a pill that they thought was Xanax or Ritalin and end up dead. According to federal data, the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45 is fentanyl overdose.  In the last three years alone, examples…

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GOP resurrects effort to make some feds at-will employees, thus easier to fire

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Republicans have renewed their push to try to make it easier for agencies to fire federal employees. GOP lawmakers in both the House and Senate reintroduced a bill to make feds at-will workers. Proponents of the Public Service Reform Act said it would make it easier to remove poor performers, and create more accountability and efficiency. It is an idea that former President Trump originally touted through a now-revoked executive order that created the Schedule F position classification. Republicans’ new bill would also abolish the Merit Systems Protection Board. Democrat…

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Launches Governmentwide Effort to Ban Child Sex Changes

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The Florida Department of Health urged the state’s board of medicine to establish standards of care in accordance with guidance strongly advising against child sex treatments in a Thursday letter. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo pointed to a lack of evidence on the safety and efficacy of the procedures and urged the Florida Board of Medicine to consider the department’s guidance that advised against child sex changes, according to the letter. The move is the latest effort from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to restrict sex-change treatments, particularly for children. “The Department…

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US election 2020: Sanders ‘told of Russian effort to aid his campaign’ – BBC News

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US election 2020: Sanders ‘told of Russian effort to aid his campaign’  BBC News U.S. national security adviser denies Russia boosting Trump reelection  Reuters.com Top security adviser says no evidence Russia interfering to help Trump  The Times of Israel Sanders blasts Russia for reportedly trying to boost his presidential campaign  Reuters Why Putin would want Trump to win in 2020  CNN View Full Coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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