Opioid addiction is categorized as an epidemic by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (A.S.A.M.)1 and the CDC.2 The numbers are such that most of us are directly affected or know somebody in our inner circle dealing with the disease. In 2015 the CDC estimated that “91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose,”2 a number that adds up to 2,730 people a month and 33,215 a year.
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ObamaCare = RomneyCare; TrumpCare = NoCare; The Humane Party DOES Care
The lesser of two evils is still evil. We can choose to do less evil, or we can choose to do good. The Humane Party is the first American political party committed to humane values; a healthy population is part of that vision.
Fracking Our Farmlands
Reports of poisoned drinking water, polluted air, animal deaths, as well as industrial disasters and explosions—all the result of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—are termed “fraccidents” by the group Earth Justice. “The dangers of fracking to the food supply are not something that’s been investigated very much. ” And, “For sustainable agriculture, fracking is a disaster.”
A New Twist on Killing Non-Human Animals to Save Human Lives
Today, genetic engineering and the notion of the chimera arise with current medical research into growing human stem cells in pig embryos.
USA’s First Animal Rights Political Party Registers First 40 Voters
The Humane Party—which is the nation’s first and currently only political party committed to animal rights—began registering voters yesterday in … More
Excerpt: The “Perfect-Voting-Record” Fallacy
Since the perfect-voting-record (or “PVR”) fallacy is becoming almost ubiquitous, the following excerpt from an article that first appeared on … More
Editorial: Concerned Carnivore Questions Activists
________________ Reader Dear Humane Herald, What [animal rights activists] are doing is worthy of praise; I am often disturbed by … More
Earth Day 2011: America’s “Greenest” Political Party Turns Two Years Old
The only political party in the U.S.A. committed to taking on the nation’s #1 polluter—meat, fur, and the other killing-based … More
Editorial: Letters to a Young Vegan
Reader Can [you] please [email] me with any recommendations you might have for someone like me interested in at least … More
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