Articles & Education
Income and Cancer Overdiagnosis When Too Much Care Is Harmful
By H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H. (who gave the Pease Symposium presentation in Bend in 2014) and Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H. The authors found that high-income counties have experienced markedly greater increases than low-income counties breast, prostate and thyroid cancer, and melanoma. What...
Recreational Marijuana: Implications for Medical Practice
Marijuana-related emergency room visits in Central Oregon have increased by 1,967 percent in recent years, according to St. Charles Health System.
Marijuana Impact Report Vol. 1 from the State of Washington – March 2016
The 143 page report is the most complete impact assessment available to date by the 3 states that have legalized the recreational use and sales of marijuana.The data on medical services, including emergency departments, hospitals, treatment centers and poison control centers is illuminating.The...
In Favor of Firearms
Excerpts from The Bulletin's My Nickel's Worth and In My View in favor of firearms Cars and hammers also kill by Thomas Nitcher of Bend (April 21. 2013)In response to Jim Hauser�s article in the March 6 My Nickel�s Worth: In 2010, there were 5,419,000 police-reported traffic...
Gun Debate Extends Teach of Colorado Recall Races
New York Times / September 3. 2013 Also published by The Bulletin COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad have each donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. The National Rifle Association is buying political advertisements....
Proposed Gun Control Legislation Seems to do Little
The Editors / The Bulletin / Jan 11, 2014 Oregon state Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, is back at it. When the Legislature convenes next month, he plans to introduce a bill to expand background checks on gun purchasers. Prozanski supported a similar proposal in 2013. Like the other three...
Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
By Erica Goode / New York Times / December 15, 2013 GREELEY, Colo. ... Colorado's package of gun laws, enacted this year after mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., has been hailed as a victory by advocates of gun control. But if Sheriff Cooke and a majority of the other...
Gun Rights and Pot’s Acceptance Collide
By Chad Garland / The Associated Press / February 6, 2014 SALEM Getting caught with a little marijuana won't prevent you from getting a concealed handgun license in Oregon. That is, if it happened in the state and after 1973.Oregon law generally prohibits people with drug convictions from...
Oregon is One of Only 11 States That Passed No Legislation on Gun Control
State Gun Laws Enacted in the Year Since Newtown / New York Times / December 10, 2013 About 1,500 state gun bills have been introduced since the Newtown massacre 12 months ago. 178 passed at least one chamber of a state legislature. 109 have become law. 70 of the new laws ease restrictions and...
Gun Control Hearing is Emotionally Charged
By Lauren Dake / The Bulletin / Feb 7, 2014 SALEM Armed state police officers stood at the ready at the Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers listened to testimony on one of the more emotionally charged measures of the short legislative session: expanding background checks on firearm sales. The...
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