The Drug Policy Alliance The Drug Policy Alliance is the nation’s leading organization for the promotion of alternative legislation on drug policy. Its reform ideals are based on human rights, science, health and compassion. Mission Statement The DPA’s mission is [...]

The Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for overseeing and regulating commercially available food and drugs, as well as enforcing [...]

Disaster relief organizations and their trained emergency responders play an important role in providing frontline aid and helping recovery from natural disasters. National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) is composed of organizations that specialize in disaster relief. They share [...]

Types of Distracted Driving In broad terms the California Highway Patrol suggests that drinking coffee or paying attention to a child can both cause distractions when driving. It is hard to argue with this perspective, as all events on the [...]

Defeating AIDs: The World AIDs Campaign and Similar Efforts Policy makers set HIV and AIDs-related goals, and organizations like the World AIDS Campaign ensure that these targets are met. The group encourages mobilizing resources from governments around the world to [...]

Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), formerly Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, is a Texas-based nonprofit organization that fights drunk driving, underage drinking and assists the victims of drunk driving and their families. History The organization was founded [...]

Approximately 50 percent of international humanitarian workers today are employed by the Red Cross and/or the United Nations. International humanitarian aid organizations provide services and resources for communities that experience violent wars, emergencies and natural disasters. According to the Active [...]

Children’s Health Topics For the first six weeks, babies will struggle seeing color and making out whole shapes. Children’s health includes a wide range of concerns and issues. Relevant topics include physical, mental, emotional and social health, as child development [...]

RoHS Regulation The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, commonly referred to as RoHS, was a set of legislative laws implemented by the European Union (EU) in February of 2003. It was put into effect in the summer of 2006, as [...]

The 100-mile diet was inspired by the book The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating, and has helped to popularize the local eating movement. The book was written by Canadian couple  Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon. It chronicles their [...]