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Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500 - 119406]
( Division 104 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. )
PART 4. DRUGS, DEVICES, AND COSMETICS [109250 - 109590]
( Part 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. )
CHAPTER 4. Treatment of Cancer and Other Serious Diseases [109250 - 109505]
( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. )
ARTICLE 1. Intent and Definitions [109250 - 109295]
( Article 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. )
The effective diagnosis, care, treatment or cure of persons suffering from cancer is of paramount public importance. Vital statistics indicate that approximately 16 percent of the total deaths in the United States annually result from one or another of the forms of cancer. It is established that accurate and early diagnosis of many forms of cancer, followed by prompt application of methods of treatment that are scientifically proven, either materially reduces the likelihood of death from cancer or may materially prolong the useful life of individuals suffering therefrom.
Despite intensive campaigns of public education, there is a lack of adequate and accurate information among the public with respect to presently proven methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of cancer. Various persons in this state have represented and continue to represent themselves as possessing medicines, methods, techniques, skills, or devices for the effective diagnosis, treatment, or cure of cancer, whose representations are misleading to the public, with the result that large numbers of the public, relying on the representations, needlessly die of cancer, and substantial amounts of the savings of individuals and families relying on the representations are needlessly wasted.
It is, therefore, in the public interest that the public be afforded full and accurate knowledge as to the facilities and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of cancer available in this state and that to that end there be provided means for testing and investigating the value or lack thereof of alleged cancer remedies, devices, drugs, or compounds, and informing the public of the facts found, and protecting the public from misrepresentation in these matters.
The importance of continuing scientific research to determine the cause or cure of cancer is recognized, and the department shall administer this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300) with due regard for the importance of bona fide scientific research and the clinical testing in hospitals, clinics, or similar institutions of new drugs or compounds.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
There is in the department a Cancer Advisory Council composed of nine physicians and surgeons licensed to practice medicine in, and residing in, this state, three persons who are not physicians and surgeons, two persons representing nonprofit cancer research institutes recognized by the National Cancer Institute, and the director of the department, who shall be an ex officio member. The members of the council shall be appointed by the Governor to serve for terms of four years. The Governor, in appointing the first members, shall appoint at least one member from the faculty of each of the schools teaching medicine and surgery and located in this state that are approved by the Medical Board of California. The Governor shall endeavor to maintain one member from the faculty of each school in making subsequent appointments.
The members of the council, other than the director of the department, shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
Except as provided in Section 109390 the council is not required to conduct meetings open to the public in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
The council shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chairman. The council shall meet at least twice each year, and as often in addition as necessary, for the purpose of carrying out its duties.
The department shall:
(a) Prescribe reasonable regulations with respect to the administration of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300).
(b) Investigate violations of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300), and report the violations to the appropriate enforcement authority.
(c) Secure the investigation and testing of the content, method of preparation, efficacy, or use of drugs, medicines, compounds, or devices proposed to be used, or used, by any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity in the state for the diagnosis, treatment, or cure of cancer, prescribe reasonable regulations with respect to the investigation and testing, and make findings of fact and recommendations upon completion of any such investigation and testing.
(d) Adopt a regulation prohibiting the prescription, administration, sale or other distribution of any drug, substance, or device found to be harmful or of no value in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of cancer.
(e) Hold hearings in respect of those matters involving compliance with this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300) and subpoena witnesses and documents. Any or all hearings may be held before the Cancer Advisory Council. Any administrative action to be taken by the department as a result of the hearings shall be taken only after receipt of the recommendations of the council. Prior to issuance of a cease and desist order under Section 109345, a hearing shall be held. The person furnishing a sample under Section 109295 shall be given due notice of the hearing and an opportunity to be heard.
(f) Contract with independent scientific consultants for specialized services and advice.
In the exercise of the powers granted by this section, the department shall consult with the Cancer Advisory Council.
(a) Upon a diagnosis of breast cancer, the physician and surgeon, meaning the primary provider who initially referred the patient for the screening or biopsy or, if different, the provider who has made the diagnosis of breast cancer and initially consulted with the patient about treatment, shall give the patient the written summary described in subdivision (c) and required by this section and shall note on the patient's chart that he or she has given the patient the written summary. The physician and surgeon may choose to provide the summary prior to the performance of a screening or biopsy for breast cancer upon a patient's request or at the discretion of the physician and surgeon in appropriate cases, including, but not limited to, instances when a patient has demonstrated risk factors, has a family history of breast cancer, or is otherwise susceptible.
(b) The failure of a physician and surgeon to inform a patient, by means of a standardized written summary developed by the department on the recommendation of the Cancer Advisory Council in accordance with subdivision (c), in layperson's language and in a language understood by the patient, of alternative efficacious methods of treatment that may be medically viable, including surgical, radiological, or chemotherapeutic treatments or combinations thereof, when the patient is being treated for any form of breast cancer, constitutes unprofessional conduct within the meaning of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) (1) A standardized written summary in layperson's language and in a language understood by the patient shall be developed by the department with the recommendations of the Cancer Advisory Council, and shall be printed and made available by the Medical Board of California to physicians and surgeons, for the purposes of informing the patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of the procedures with regard to medically viable and efficacious alternative methods of treatment for breast cancer as required by subdivision (a).
(2) Commencing no later than January 1, 1995, and every three years thereafter, the department shall review the written summary and shall revise the written summary if the department determines that new or revised information should be included in the written summary, and shall provide a copy of the revised summary to the Medical Board of California.
(3) At the next revision of the standardized written summary required by this section, the department shall incorporate all of the following additional information:
(A) Information regarding methods of treatment for breast cancer that are in the investigational or clinical trial stage and are recognized for treatment by the Physician's Data Query of the National Cancer Institute.
(B) Available reference numbers, including, but not limited to, the "800" telephone numbers for the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, in order for breast cancer patients to obtain the most recent information.
(C) A discussion of breast reconstruction surgery, including, but not limited to, problems, benefits, and alternatives.
(D) Statistics on the incidence of breast cancer.
(d) The Medical Board of California shall establish a distribution system for the breast cancer treatment alternatives written summary, and shall provide a link to its Internet Web site that may be accessed by consumers interested in viewing and obtaining a copy of the summary.
(e) The department and the Medical Board of California shall each post the summary on its Internet Web site.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 485, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
In the first revision of the standardized written summary required under subdivision (c) of Section 109275 made following the effective date of the act that added this section, the State Department of Health Care Services shall incorporate information relating to breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) mutations, in order to achieve increased genetic counseling and screening rates of individuals for whom BRCA test results can inform treatment decisions, consistent with evidence-based national recommendations.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 693, Sec. 2. (AB 1386) Effective January 1, 2018.)
(a) Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and rents or owns the premises where his or her practice is located, shall cause a sign or notice to be posted where a physician and surgeon performs breast cancer screening or biopsy as an outpatient service, or in a reasonably proximate area to where breast cancer screening or biopsy is performed. A sign or notice posted at the patient registration area of the health facility, clinic, or physician and surgeon's office shall constitute compliance with this section.
(b) The sign or notice shall read as follows:
"Upon a diagnosis of breast cancer, your physician and surgeon is required to provide you a written summary of alternative efficacious methods of treatment, pursuant to Section 109275 of the California Health and Safety Code. Your physician and surgeon may choose to provide the summary prior to the performance of a screening or biopsy for breast cancer at your request or at the physician and surgeon's discretion, when appropriate."
"The information about methods of treatment was developed by the State Department of Public Health to inform patients of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of procedures."
(c) The sign shall be not less than eight and one-half inches by 11 inches and shall be conspicuously displayed so as to be readable. The words "BE INFORMED" shall not be less than one-half inch in height and shall be centered on a single line with no other text. The message on the sign shall appear in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 483, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2008.)
(a) The medical care provider primarily responsible for providing to a patient an annual gynecological examination shall provide to that patient during the annual examination a standardized summary in layperson's language and in a language understood by the patient containing a description of the symptoms and appropriate methods of diagnoses for gynecological cancers. Use of existing publications developed by nationally recognized cancer organizations is not precluded by this section.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "medical care provider" means a health care professional licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code or pursuant to an initiative act referred to in that division providing medical care within his or her lawful scope of practice.
(a) A standardized written summary in layperson's language and in a language understood by patients shall be approved by the department. The department may approve the use of an existing publication from a recognized cancer authority as the written summary. Commencing on January 1, 2003, and every three years thereafter, the department shall review its approval of the use of an existing publication from a recognized cancer authority as the written summary to ensure that the approved written summary comprises timely, new, and revised information regarding prostate cancer treatment options as the department determines is necessary. The written summary shall be printed or made available by the Medical Board of California to physicians and surgeons, concerning the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of procedures with regard to medically viable and efficacious alternative methods of treatment of prostate cancer. Physicians and surgeons are urged to make the summary available to patients when appropriate.
(b) The department and the Medical Board of California shall each post this summary on its Internet Web site for public use.
(c) If the department updates this summary, it shall send the updated summary to the Medical Board of California and both the department and the Medical Board of California shall each post this updated summary on its Internet Web site.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 171. Effective January 1, 2008.)
(a) Every person or entity who owns or operates a health facility or a clinic, or who is licensed as a physician and surgeon and rents or owns the premises where his or her practice is located, shall cause a sign or notice to be posted where prostate cancer screening or treatment is performed by any physician and surgeon, or in a reasonably proximate area to where prostate cancer screening or treatment is performed. A sign or notice posted at the patient registration area of the health facility, clinic, or physician and surgeon's office shall constitute compliance with this section.
"If you are a patient being treated for any form of prostate cancer, or prior to performance of a biopsy for prostate cancer, your physician and surgeon is urged to provide you a written summary of alternative efficacious methods of treatment, pursuant to Section 109280 of the California Health and Safety Code."
(d) Subject to future, regular production and replacement schedules from the implementation of the act adding this subdivision, these signs and notices shall include the Internet Web site address of the State Department of Public Health and the Medical Board of California, and a notice regarding the availability of updated prostate cancer summaries on these Web sites.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 241.)
For the purposes of this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 109300) "cancer" means all malignant neoplasms regardless of the tissue of origin, including malignant lymphoma, Hodgkins disease, and leukemia.
No person may undertake to treat or alleviate cancer by use of drugs, surgery, or radiation unless the person holds a license issued under a law of this state expressly authorizing the diagnosis and treatment of disease by use of drugs, surgery, or radiation.
On written request by the department, delivered personally or by mail, any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity engaged, or representing himself, or itself, as engaged, in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer shall furnish the department with the sample as the department may deem necessary for adequate testing of any drug, medicine, compound, or device used or prescribed by the individual, person, firm, association, or other entity in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer, and shall specify the formula of any drug or compound and name all ingredients by their common or usual names, and shall, upon like request by the department, furnish further necessary information as it may request as to the composition and method of preparation of and the use that any drug, compound, or device is being put by the individual, person, firm, association, or other entity. This section shall apply to any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity that renders health care or services to individuals who have or believe they have cancer. This section also applies to any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity that by implication causes individuals to believe they have cancer.
The failure to either provide the sample, disclose the formula, or name the ingredients as required by this section shall be conclusively presumed that the drug, medicine, compound or device that is the subject of the department's request has no value in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer.
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Q: Why does my tableview cell display incorrect content? i have a tableview with a custom cell which includes a label and image, on load its fine and all cells are displayed correctly.
However when i scroll down as there are over 200 cells, when i scroll back up, the cells data in the cells change - so for example - i could have the correct image but wrong label or wrong image but correct label. I am not sure what i am doing wrong.
Here is my code so far:
import UIKit

class SearchTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

static let identifier = "SearchTableViewCell"

@IBOutlet var loader: UIActivityIndicatorView!
@IBOutlet var nameLabel: UILabel!
@IBOutlet var addressLabel: UILabel!
@IBOutlet var locationImageView: UIImageView!
var currentIndexPath: IndexPath?

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()

    nameLabel.font = UIFont(name: Settings.shared.MAIN_APP_FONT_BOLD, size: 25)
    nameLabel.textColor = .white
    nameLabel.numberOfLines = 1

    addressLabel.font = UIFont(name: Settings.shared.MAIN_APP_FONT_BOLD, size: 15)
    addressLabel.textColor = .white
    addressLabel.numberOfLines = 0

    locationImageView.clipsToBounds = true
    locationImageView.layer.cornerRadius = 8.0
    locationImageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
}

func configure(with urlString: String, name: String, address: String, station: String) {

    loader.startAnimating()
    loader.isHidden = false

    guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else {
        return
    }

    let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { [weak self] data, _, error in
        guard let data = data, error == nil else {
            return
        }

        let locationImage = UIImage(data: data)

        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self?.nameLabel.text = name
            self?.addressLabel.text = address
            self?.locationImageView.image = locationImage
            self?.loader.stopAnimating()
            self?.loader.isHidden = true
        }
    }
    task.resume()

}

static func nib() -> UINib {
    return UINib(nibName: "SearchTableViewCell", bundle: nil)
}

override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
}

override func prepareForReuse() {
    super.prepareForReuse()
    nameLabel.text = nil
    locationImageView.image = nil
    currentIndexPath = nil
}

}

A: You are loading the contents of the cell asynchronously.  The UITableView will reuse the cells.  So suppose:

*

*You are asked to create a cell.  You begin to load the cell content asynchronously.

*Before the content can load, the user scrolls the cell off the screen.  The system takes the cell and puts it in the reuse queue. (the load from step 1 is still going on)

*The system pulls the cell off the reuse queue, calls the reuse callback (zeroing out the content) and puts it back into the table view. (the load from step 1 is still going on)

*The asynchronous load from Step 1 finally completes and sets the values in the cell to its content.

Now the cell you had in Step 1 is the same as the new cell that was just put somewhere else in the table, but it has the wrong content because your asynchronous load finished after the cell was reused.
The cell is just for displaying information... it shouldn't be loading data.  The Data Source is the guy that loads data.  You need to rethink your design and change the place where you load data.

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Stig Strand (nacido el 25 de agosto de 1956 en Tärnaby, Suecia) es un esquiador retirado que ganó 1 Copa del Mundo en disciplina de Eslalon y 2 victorias en la Copa del Mundo de Esquí Alpino (con un total de 6 podiums).

Resultados

Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno
 1976 en Innsbruck, Austria
 Eslalon Gigante: 12.º
 Eslalon: 12.º
 1984 en Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
 Eslalon: 9.º

Copa del Mundo

Clasificación general Copa del Mundo
 1975-1976: 56.º
 1976-1977: 46.º
 1978-1979: 68.º
 1979-1980: 59.º
 1980-1981: 31.º
 1981-1982: 34.º
 1982-1983: 11.º
 1983-1984: 39.º

Clasificación por disciplinas (Top-10)
 1980-1981:
 Eslalon: 9.º
 1981-1982:
 Eslalon: 10.º
 1982-1983:
 Eslalon: 1.º

Victorias en la Copa del Mundo (2)

Eslalon (2)

Enlaces externos
 Perfil de Stig Strand en la página oficial de la FIS (en inglés)

Esquiadores de Suecia

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ASPECT to end publication in Spring 2013
Dear ASPECT friends:
After ten years, twenty-six DVDs and the published works of over 200 artists, the staff and board of ASPECT have decided to stop publishing our DVD periodical. Looking back on what we have accomplished, it is no understatement to say that we took on the art world and changed the way it looks at new media art.
When ASPECT published our first DVD in 2003 there were few, if any, dedicated new media programs at the graduate or undergraduate level in the world. Youtube and Facebook did not yet exist. At that time the idea of getting video directly from artists and publishing it for the use and consumption of universities, students and other artists was considered impossible. A DVD periodical was an unknown idea, and it took several years to educate the public as to the potential of such a format.
Today, new media art programs exist at universities around the world. Many artists publish their work on their own website or on video sharing services. Video art is a much more accepted and understood medium, and the broader genre of new media art has been accepted and integrated into galleries, museums and academia. However, the concept of pairing primary source material and critical analysis in the same publication remains unique to ASPECT.
The world has changed around us and accepted the genre, format and approach that ASPECT has been highlighting. Therefore it is time for us to say thank you to all the artists who have contributed their work, the commentators who have lent their time and expertise, and the staff and volunteers over the years who have made this publication possible.
Bill Arning, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and a renowned expert on new media who was involved with ASPECT from its beginnings recalls, "When ASPECT started there was great confusion about how art lovers and students were to experience time-based artworks, with no clearly defined distribution systems in place. ASPECT's vision was to put DVDs directly into the hands of eager viewers until the art world mechanisms could catch up to what the best artists were making. I am proud to have been part of this history."
In Spring 2013, we will be publishing our final release, Volume 21: A Good Place to Stop. We hope you have enjoyed ASPECT over the past ten years, and will continue to use our disks and online resources for years to come.
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School Vouchers — Why I Oppose Them
One of the issues currently before the Indiana General Assembly (and which is included in the list of grievances that has caused House Democrats to leave the state in order to deny Republicans a quorum) is a school voucher program (dubbed "school scholarships" in the statutory language). I realized that I haven't directly expressed my thoughts on vouchers in previous posts on this blog. Well, allow me to rectify that omission: I am firmly opposed to school vouchers.
OK. Now that I've got that out of the way, let's go back and look at the issue in a bit more detail. First, if you're interested in reading the proposed legislation, it is set forth in Indiana House Bill 1003. Unfortunately, this is another one of those bills that is very difficult to read due to the numerous cross-references and the way that these sorts of bills are formatted. So let me just quote the digest of the bill (prepared by Indiana's Legislative Services Agency):
School scholarships. Increases the school scholarship tax credits that may be awarded for donations to a scholarship granting organization. Allows scholarship granting organizations to grant scholarships to families with income that is not more than 200% of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program. Provides scholarships to low income students to pay the costs of tuition and fees at a public or private elementary school or high school that charges tuition. Prohibits a scholarship granting organization from limiting the availability of scholarships to students of only one participating school. Provides for a supplemental distribution to public schools equal to the difference between the amount distributed as choice scholarships and the amount that would have been distributed to public schools to educate the children receiving choice scholarships. Requires fair admissions policies for schools eligible for choice scholarships. Limits the choice scholarship granted to a student in grade 1 through 8 to $4,500 per school year. Provides consequences for nonpublic schools who receive: (1) consecutive low category designations for school performance and improvement; and (2) a distribution of choice scholarships. Provides for any savings from the choice scholarships to be used for tuition support for schools. Makes conforming changes.
But even that is a lot of mumbo jumbo. So let me boil it down even further. The proposed bill would allow students to get money from the state (in the form of a "school scholarship" — also known as a voucher) to attend a private school. The money would come from the money that would otherwise go to the public school system that student would have attended if the student did not enroll at the private school. The student would be eligible for the voucher if the student's family's income was less than $97,000 for a family of four (give or take; the amount is 200% of the amount required for an individual to qualify for the free or reduced lunch program which, as of 2009 was $47,712 per year for a family of four). And the voucher could not exceed $4,500 per year for grades 1-8. There's more, but that should give you the general idea.
So, with that in mind, let's examine why I oppose vouchers.
First, let's consider the following provisions from Indiana's Constitution (emphasis added):
Article 8, Section 1: Knowledge and learning, general diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government; it should be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual scientific, and agricultural improvement; and provide, by law, for a general and uniform system of Common Schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
Article 1, Section 6: No money shall be drawn from the treasury, for the benefit of any religious or theological institution.
See any problems yet? First, my guess is that the vast majority of private schools that might receive voucher funds are faith-based. Just thinking about the Indianapolis area, I can think of numerous religious schools but only a small handful of secular private schools (Park Tudor, University High School, and International School of Indiana). Yet the voucher program would take funds from public schools and essentially transfer those funds to private religious institutions. As I understand it, the drafters of the bill try to get around this by having the funds given to an intermediary scholarship organization which, in turn, gives the funds to the parent to give to the school (or some such). But the end result is the same: Money collected from taxes is paid to religious schools to educate Hoosier children who could otherwise be educated in public schools.
Next, let's think about those private schools in comparison to public schools. First, unlike public schools, private schools are not obligated to accept any student that walks in the door. So if a private school wants to turn away certain kids, it can certainly do so. And in the case of religious schools, I believe that means that the school could turn away kids not of that religious denomination. (If I'm not mistaken, the school could not turn away a child due to race or certain other criteria.) The private schools can also turn away students that they believe may be harder to educate, whether because of a learning disability, an unstable or unsupportive home, lack of good English skills, or any other non-discriminatory reason. In other words, the private schools can "skim" the best students and leave the more difficult students for the public schools. When you consider that the private schools don't (I don't think) have to accept special needs students, then this situation is exacerbated even further.
Private schools also are not obligated to teach up to state (or federal) standards. If a private school wants to teach creation as fact, that all Muslims are evil, that Jews killed Christ, that women should be barefoot and pregnant, that the Earth is flat and is circled by the planets, or that 2+2 = a rhinoceros, nothing is stopping them from doing so. Moreover, the teachers in the private school (again, as I understand it) need not be licensed by Indiana. I don't think that these sorts of problems are particularly problematic as they relate to the highly regarded private schools, but who knows about the smaller, parochial schools or the new parochial schools that might be established to take advantage of voucher programs. I can certainly imagine churches starting new, small schools to educate kids as the church believes best at the lowest cost possible with the payments to come from the voucher system. And I can just hear the howls of protest that might arise if a local Muslim organization started a Islamist madrasa and sought the use of vouchers to help students attend and become radicalized.
At least when it comes to public schools, the curriculum is determined (or at least influenced by) elected representatives. Thus, we all have some kind of input into what our children are being taught. In the case of private schools (and religious schools in particular), there is likely little or no input into the curriculum (other than, perhaps, from the families of the kids that attend that particular school; but, for example, in the case of Catholic schools, how much input to parents have in the curriculum?), notwithstanding that with vouchers, the cost to educate the children would be paid, at least in part, by all of us.
Next consider that private schools don't have to provide transportation to and from the school. Parents who are unable to transport their child to the private school will, therefore, be unable to make use of the voucher program (for what good is the tuition if the child can't get to the school). By contrast, I believe that most public schools must provide transportation to all but a limited number of students.
On a similar note, it is very important to recognize that an underlying concept of the benefit of vouchers is built on a bit of a fraud. Proponents argue that vouchers give low income students a chance to attend a private school, a chance that right now is usually limited to children of wealthy families. First, that argument ignores the scholarships already available to low income students from the private schools themselves. More importantly, given that the voucher is not 100% of the cost of tuition (remember, in the case of the proposed bill in Indiana, the limit is $4,500), the family will need to find a way to make up the difference in the tuition funding. Keeping that $4,500 figure in mind (and remember that it is a maximum; many students would qualify for less), consider the following schools and their respective tuitions (information taken from the website for each school on March 2, 2011):
Park Tudor (8th grade): $16,980
Brebeuf Jesuit (high school only): $13,500
St. Luke's Catholic School (8th grade, non-parishioner): $5,790
Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis (8th grade): $8,894
International School of Indiana (8th grade): $13,250
Heritage Christian (8th grade): $8,756
I'm sure that there are plenty of other schools and I'm sure that some of them are less expensive (I'd be curious to know what the smaller, less well-known parochial schools charge). But of the six schools that I checked, a low income parent who wanted to send a child to the least expensive school would still have to come out of pocket at least $1,300 (plus find a way to provide transportation to the school). I can't see any feasible way for a low-income family to afford to send their child to Park Tudor or the International School of Indiana just because they get a voucher from the State of Indiana. How could that working, single mother living downtown pay the additional $12,500 and arrange transportation to the school (keeping in mind how atrocious Indianapolis' public transportation system is).
We can also look at the issue from a slightly different perspective. Let's take the hypothetical Columbia School System which has 1,000 students and a budget of $4,500,000 ($4,500 per student). (Note that I'm making up my numbers and used round numbers to keep the example simple; I don't know what the real numbers are.) Most of the classes in the Columbia School System have 30 kids per class. So Columbia School System has to employ about 34 teachers plus special needs, gym, art, music, and other specialized teachers. Of course, the Columbia School System also has to pay for school buses, administrative expenses (including, perhaps, nurses and guidance counselors), and facilities upkeep. There is also a private school in Columbia: The God Is Great Academy. It has 50 students who each pay $10,000 per year in tuition (for an annual budget of $500,000). The private school has smaller class sizes (say 10 per class room). It doesn't have any buses and doesn't have a special needs program. The school is largely staffed by parents who volunteer and the principal is also the assistant pastor at the church that owns the school.
Now, let's presume that the voucher bill passes and 10 kids decide to leave the Columbia School System and transfer to The God Is Great Academy and let's presume that each of them is entitled to the full $4,500 full voucher. The Columbia School System has lost $45,000 from its budget, but probably won't be able to reduce any teaching or administrative positions (a few classes will simply have 29 instead of 30 kids). They'll still need the special needs teacher and gym teacher and librarian and nurse. So the Columbia School System now has $45,000 less to do virtually the same thing that it was doing before. On the other hand, The God Is Great Academy just gained $45,000 which is a large bump to its budget. And given that the $4,500 per kid that The God Is Great Academy received from the state isn't enough to cover the full tuition of those kids, the parents will have to kick in another $5,500 each. So, in essence, the budget for The God Is Great Academy increased by $100,000 (20%). After subtracting the cost of a new teacher, there is still a lot of extra money for The God Is Great Academy to do something else with that money (whether buy new football uniforms or hire a full time pastor or buy new books explaining why evolution is wrong). The educational mission of the private school has been significantly enhanced while the situation of the public schools has not changed significantly, other than a reduction in the available funds needed to do virtually the same job. And don't forget that the kids who were able to leave the public school had the means to do so (whether in terms of the extra tuition or transportation or the academic prowess to be accepted in the first place); however, the public school continues to need to educate special needs students and those who don't have the means or academic prowess to go to a private school. So, it can be argued that the task of educating students in the public school became just a bit more difficult.
Now, let's add an extra wrinkle to the previous example. Remember those 50 kids who were already attending The God Is Great Academy? Well, suppose that some of them were also eligible for vouchers (perhaps the families have previously received scholarships through the church). See, that's one of the things that proponents of vouchers often forget to mention: Many of those who would use a voucher to send their child to a private school are already paying for the child to attend the private school! So if 10 of those 50 kids who were already enrolled were eligible for vouchers, the situation at The God Is Great Academy wouldn't change at all, but the parents of those 10 kids would see a savings of $4,500 each. Not bad. On the other hand, the budget of Columbia School System (where those 10 kids would have gone if not enrolled in a private school) would be reduced by another $45,000, but this time, there would be absolutely no reduction whatsoever in the student body population or the responsibilities of the school.
And do you suppose that some schools, especially those with lower tuitions, might just use the availability of vouchers to "game" the system and increase the tuition for those using voucher funds so that the full $4,500 is used?
One red herring argument in support of vouchers worth mentioning: Some people argue for vouchers on the basis of "double taxation" (or some similar phraseology). The argument is essentially that parents who send their children to private schools are paying for that school and still paying for the public school that they're not using. Thus, they contend, they're being taxed for a service that they're not using and paying a second time to educate their child. Why is this a red herring? Several reasons. First, it is important to recognize that the parent chose to pay to send the child to a private school. If the parent elected not to pay that tuition, the public school would still be available. Second, by that line of reasoning, people without children or people whose children have finished school should also be exempt from paying taxes that go towards the public schools. But by that reasoning, the blind or illiterate shouldn't pay taxes that go to libraries, people without drivers licenses shouldn't pay taxes that go to road repairs or police presence on the roads (i.e., to catch speeders or reckless drivers), people who don't use public parks shouldn't pay the taxes for the upkeep of those parks, people whose houses never catch on fire shouldn't pay for fire protection, people who don't want the country to enter into a particular war shouldn't pay taxes to support that war effort, and the list goes on and on and on. Our system of government doesn't base taxes solely on the services that people use (though we do have special taxes linked to special expenditures like gasoline and cigarettes); rather, we pay taxes to support things that our we — through our elected representatives — deem to be a public good. And given that education has its own article in the Indiana Constitution suggests that Hoosiers certainly view education as a public good. Thus, the argument that some people ought not have to pay to educate other people's children in public schools is wholly without merit.
I guess, though, that when I step back and look at the whole issue of vouchers, the principal objection that I have goes back to the church-state implications. I have a major concern with my tax dollars being diverted from public education to pay for private faith-based education. That is not what the drafters of either the US Constitution or Indiana's Constitution had in mind; rather, I believe that they intended precisely the opposite and I think that they would have objected to vouchers and agreed that vouchers run afoul of the language that they created to keep church and state separate.
If you have another reason that you oppose vouchers, let me know. And if you support vouchers, let me know you're reasoning, too. I know that I'm certainly not an expert in the subject and I'd love to learn more and have the opportunity to discuss (and write about) the subject further.
Labels: Church-State, Education, Laws
posted by MSWallack @ 12:47 PM 11 Comments
At Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:24:00 AM , Anonymous said...
If your kid went to IPS, you'd understand. Instead, you prattle on and on reciting the NEA's platform.
At Saturday, April 30, 2011 11:34:00 AM , MSWallack said...
Just curious why the need to hide behind the veil of anonymity?
I'm not suggesting that public schools don't need to be improved. But explain to me why my taxes should be used to fund attendance at a sectarian school that does not have to conform to state educational guidelines and can discriminate in admissions policies, especially when those funds will further weaken the public educational opportunities set forth in Indiana's Constitution.
Instead of telling me that I "prattle on" take some time and convince me that you're right with solid facts and hard numbers.
At Tuesday, May 03, 2011 6:43:00 PM , Chris said...
MORE INFORMATION ON SCHOOL CHOICE
School choice will improve the quality of education in our public schools. Research at Northwestern University (2010) concluded that policies that have introduced competition to public schools have resulted in improvements in public school students' test scores. So these policies are impacting not only the students who enter the private education market, but also the students who remain in the public school sector. A University of Arkansas study (2009) found that public school students in Milwaukee fared better academically when they had more free private options through a voucher program. This research demonstrates that school choice can produce a "win-win" for our children and our schools.
School choice will NOT cost taxpayers more money. Indiana residents should be aware of the enormous financial benefit that private schools provide to our State. The Indiana Non-Public Education Association estimates that enrollment in non-public schools exceeds 108,000 children. The average cost to educate children in our public schools is $10,000 per child per year. So Hoosier families who enroll their children in private schools are saving taxpayers more than $1.08 billion every year. These families also continue to contribute their share of taxes to support public schools. Finally, According to the Legislative Services Agency's Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis in Indianapolis, the "school choice" part of HB 1003 could save Indiana taxpayers $1.8 million per year for every 1,000 participating students.
School choice is constitutional. In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court answered the constitutional question at the federal level. The Supreme Court ruled that when an individual uses public funds to make a private choice—in this case when a parent uses a voucher to send his or her child to a private school (including religious schools)—it does not violate the First Amendment.
School choice will not drain upper income and higher ability students away from the public schools. The school choice scholarships (or vouchers) in HB 1003 would only be available to families whose household income falls below 200% of the federal reduced lunch income guidelines. For example, a family of four, whose income falls below $81,400 per year, would be eligible to receive a voucher equal to 25% of their school district's per-pupil funding. There is a sliding scale such that the poorest families would receive the greatest financial benefit (90% of their public school district's per-pupil funding). In addition, these scholarships would be limited to children who have spent the previous two semesters in a public school, which means any student who is already enrolled in a private school would not be eligible. Eligibility is being in limited in this way so that there is no financial cost to the state.
Private schools can continue to apply their current admissions policies to all applicants. Private schools will not be forced to accept voucher students that do not meet their admissions criteria.
Students currently enrolled in our Catholic schools would not be eligible for vouchers under HB 1003. For this legislation to pass, it could not pose an additional cost to the state. For this reason, these scholarships will be limited to children who have spent the previous two semesters in a public school.
If you would like more information, I encourage you to check out this website: www.edchoice.org
At Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:26:00 PM , Anonymous said...
Or perhaps consider my situation, I have struggled to put 4 children through the parochial school system...We are low income, and our kids have always been on free lunch...Now my youngest is going into the 7th grade and I've just been informed that because he was enrolled in a parochial school last year, we will not eligible for the voucher.
I've never begrudged my tax dollars going to the public school system because I think the public school system is important...But, I never dreamed the "if" the voucher program became a reality that not only would we not be eligible for it, but there's every possibility that my taxes will be going towards helping another much more well-off family send their child to a private school...How did that happen??
At Saturday, October 20, 2012 3:05:00 AM , Marie, OH said...
I think it's great that children from families that can't afford a better education now have the opportunity for better education. I hear what you're saying as far as what this takes from the public schools, but left alone, these public schools are going nowhere and that will be the same tragedy for the students still attending them.
For those able to take advantage of these vouchers/scholarships, lies the opportunity to make a difference. With them receiving this gift of better education comes a people who will be less dependent on public assistance in the future because they will have the abilities for better jobs, a since of pride and responsibility and what it takes to raise families in the same manner without needing this assistance later on. This will not hurt communities, rather build them up out of the brokeness they are currently in. It takes sacrifice (the public schools as you say) to make such a significant change, but in this sacrifice will rise a group who can turn around and give back to and build up these schools and communities they had to leave.
As a single mom paying tuition for my little one to go to a private school, I have had to go without much so that my child could have what he needs. The sacrifice is that I sometimes go without a meal so that he can eat. While my stomach is growling, I am happy to see him eating. The sacrifice is that I went without a winter coat so that I could afford to send him to school in the required chapel and gym dress code. As I pick him up from school in my thin jacket, I am happy to hear him tell me what he learned in school. The sacrifice is that I go to my job to scrub the toilets, empty trash cans and mop floors to get enough money together to pay tuition each month. At the end of the day, though me feet and my back are aching from bending over toilets and pushing around the mop and sweeper all day, I am happy because I know he won't have to do what I'm doing when he becomes a man all because of his "better education." This education will allow him to do better not just for himself but for his family and community.
We are ineligible for the voucher/scholarship because he was already in this private school that I was paying tuition for. You cannot receive the voucher if you've already paid tuition. At one time we were in a better place and tuition wasn't such a hardship. How I wish we qualified now, but I will continue to do what it takes to keep him there because I know exactly what a "better education" can do for him and his generation. I know what the sacrifice is worth. Sometimes making sacrifices hurt (like those hunger pangs, coatless winters, and a body aching from bending over cleaning toilets and pushing a mop and sweeper all day), but it's worth it in the long run. The public schools may not benefit from this right now but I believe that, because of these vouchers, the public schools and communities will benefit later on. I don't think this is just another handout. I think it's giving hope to a future otherwise sinking in quicksand. It's not only giving a fish, but teaching to fish also to eat for a lifetime. If my tax dollars have to go somewhere (and of course they do), I certainly don't mind them going there.
At Monday, October 22, 2012 11:16:00 AM , MSWallack said...
Thank you for your story and information. And I am not unsympathetic to your view. Let me ask this question: Do you view vouchers the same way for both secular and parochial schools? How would you feel about your tax dollars going to fund a religious eduction, especially if from a religious viewpoint with which you disagreed?
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It is refreshing to see the hypocrisy revealed this clearly: we care about the child, as long as we don't have to regulate an organization, inhibit arbitrary "religious liberty," and maybe irk part of our base.
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When the oracle gets the answer and runs fulfill(), it assigns the string it received to my "name " variable (a bytes32 variable). The transaction seems to go through when I call the oracle, but when I click on the "name" variable, the variable only shows 0x0000...00, what's going on?

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In January, Robert Kahn of the Council on Foreign Relations wrote in Global Economics Monthly:
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2 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-31/bond-market-s-biggest-rally-of-2017-amazes-traders-as-fed-looms
3 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-20/stress-at-un-not-shared-on-wall-street-as-stocks-set-records
4 http://www.cboe.com/products/vix-index-volatility/vix-options-and-futures/vix-index/vix-historical-data
5 http://www.cboe.com/blogs/options-hub/2017/06/02/vix-index-closes-below-10-again-as-professor-called-vix-level-the-biggest-financial-mystery
6 http://www.barrons.com/articles/the-pros-and-cons-of-vix-the-markets-fear-gauge-1505942074 (or go to https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/09-25-17_Barrons-The_Pros_and_Cons_of_VIX-the_Markets_Fear_Gauge-Footnote_6.pdf)
7 http://www.barrons.com/mdc/public/page/9_3063-economicCalendar.html?mod=BOL_Nav_MAR_other (Click on U.S. & Intl Recaps, then "The Fed and BoJ do the expected") (or go to https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/09-25-17_Barrons-Global_Stock_Market_Recap-Footnote_7.pdf)
8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwLfRpNHhI
9 http://www.improbable.com/about/
10 http://www.improbable.com/ig/2017/#opera
11 http://www.bmj.com/content/332/7536/266?ref=driverlayer.com
12 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10899-009-9174-4
13 http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/
14 http://www.rheology.org/sor/publications/rheology_b/RB2014Jul.pdf
15 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/15/551225637/ig-nobels-awarded-for-research-into-big-ears-feline-fluidity
16 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130353581
17 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/langstonhu121611.html?src=t_humor
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is."
Yogi Berra was talking about baseball, but the concept also applies to diversification, according to the GMO White Paper, The S&P 500: Just Say No. From the title, you might think the authors – Matt Kadnar and James Montier – don't like U.S. stocks. They do:
"Being a U.S. equity investor over the past several years has felt glorious. The S&P 500 has trounced the competition provided by other major developed and emerging equity markets. Over the last 7 years, the S&P is up 173 percent (15 percent annualized in nominal terms) versus MSCI EAFE (in USD terms), which is up 71 percent (8 percent annualized), and poor MSCI Emerging, which is up only 30 percent (4 percent annualized). Every dollar invested in the S&P has compounded into $2.72 versus MSCI EAFE's $1.70 and MSCI Emerging's $1.30."
The authors' concern is U.S. markets have performed so well, investors may be tempted to abandon diversification and concentrate their portfolios in indexed U.S. stocks. Kadnar and Montier wrote, "Human nature is to extrapolate the recent past. It is easy to see, given the strong performance of U.S. equities in both absolute and relative terms, why many are suggesting they are the only asset you need to own."
Focusing assets in the United States, according to GMO, ignores the most important determinant of long-term returns: valuation. "From our perspective, one has to make some fairly heroic assumptions to believe that the S&P is even remotely close to fair value."
High valuations haven't dulled the appeal of U.S. stocks for investors, though. Last week, the S&P 500 closed at a record high, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest gain since last December, reported CNBC.com.
7 STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF AFTER THE EQUIFAX BREACH. From May through July, hackers exploited a website vulnerability at Equifax, one of the major consumer credit reporting agencies. If you have a credit report, there is a chance your sensitive and personal information including Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license numbers, may have fallen into the wrong hands. The stolen information could be used in tandem with passwords taken from other databases to commit financial crimes against you, reported a source cited by Consumer Reports.
Here are seven steps to take to help protect your assets and credit:
1. Find out if you were affected. From a secure computer or encrypted network connection, go to the Equifax website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. Scroll down and click on 'Potential Impact.' You will be asked to provide your last name and the last six digits of your Social Security number.
2. Enroll in TrustedID Premier. If your data has been breached, Equifax will offer enrollment in TrustedID Premier. The program provides up to $1 million in ID theft insurance, Social Security Number Scanning, 3-bureau credit file monitoring, and the option to freeze your Equifax credit report.
3. Place a fraud alert or credit freeze on your other credit reports. Experian, TransUnion, and Innovis also provide credit reporting services. Contact each of the companies to place an alert or a freeze on your credit report:
• A fraud alert warns both current and prospective lenders they must take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing credit. When you're a victim of ID theft, an alert can be put in place for up to seven years.
• A credit freeze is different. It restricts access to your credit report. If you request a freeze, the credit agency will send a letter with a personal ID number (PIN). Keep the PIN in a safe place. You'll need it to unfreeze your accounts, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
4. Change your passwords. Create new passwords for online banking, brokerage, and financial accounts. Each account should have a unique password. Best practices suggest passwords have 12 to 14 characters.
You may want to consider using a password management application. They're designed to store and retrieve passwords so you can keep track of multiple long, unique password combinations without security issues like storing passwords improperly or failing to remember them.
5. Activate two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication provides an additional layer of security for email and other accounts. After you enter your user ID and password, you'll be asked for a code to verify your identity. You can have the account provider text a code to your phone, although that creates vulnerability if your phone is stolen. A better option may be to download an authenticator app so you can generate your own code.
6. Beware email links. Some fraud attempts are obvious: text or email from a Nigerian prince or an update request from a financial institution where you don't have an account. Others may be more difficult to spot. As a rule of thumb, if you receive an email with a link requesting you update or make changes to a financial account, don't click on it. Call the financial institution or go directly to its website to make any changes.
7. Keep an eye on your accounts. Check bank, brokerage, and other financial statements for suspicious transactions. If you find unauthorized activity, report it to the institution and the proper authorities.
If you have any questions or concerns about this breach or the markets, please contact us.
"The most effective way to do it, is to do it."–Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer
* These views are those of Peak Advisor Alliance, and not the presenting Representative or the Representative's Broker/Dealer, and should not be construed as investment advice.* This newsletter was prepared by Peak Advisor Alliance. Peak Advisor Alliance is not affiliated with the named broker/dealer.* Government bonds and Treasury Bills are guaranteed by the U.S. government as to the timely payment of principal and interest and, if held to maturity, offer a fixed rate of return and fixed principal value. However, the value of fund shares is not guaranteed and will fluctuate.* Corporate bonds are considered higher risk than government bonds but normally offer a higher yield and are subject to market, interest rate and credit risk as well as additional risks based on the quality of issuer coupon rate, price, yield, maturity, and redemption features.* The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) is an unmanaged group of securities considered to be representative of the stock market in general. You cannot invest directly in this index.* All indices referenced are unmanaged. Unmanaged index returns do not reflect fees, expenses, or sales charges. Index performance is not indicative of the performance of any investment.* The Dow Jones Global ex-U.S. Index covers approximately 95% of the market capitalization of the 45 developed and emerging countries included in the Index.* The 10-year Treasury Note represents debt owed by the United States Treasury to the public. Since the U.S. Government is seen as a risk-free borrower, investors use the 10-year Treasury Note as a benchmark for the long-term bond market.* Gold represents the afternoon gold price as reported by the London Bullion Market Association. The gold price is set twice daily by the London Gold Fixing Company at 10:30 and 15:00 and is expressed in U.S. dollars per fine troy ounce.* The Bloomberg Commodity Index is designed to be a highly liquid and diversified benchmark for the commodity futures market. The Index is composed of futures contracts on 19 physical commodities and was launched on July 14, 1998.* The DJ Equity All REIT Total Return Index measures the total return performance of the equity subcategory of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry as calculated by Dow Jones.* Yahoo! Finance is the source for any reference to the performance of an index between two specific periods.* Opinions expressed are subject to change without notice and are not intended as investment advice or to predict future performance.* Economic forecasts set forth may not develop as predicted and there can be no guarantee that strategies promoted will be successful.* Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investing involves risk, including loss of principal.* You cannot invest directly in an index.* Consult your financial professional before making any investment decision.* Stock investing involves risk including loss of principal.
Sources:1 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/y/yogiberra141506.html2 https://www.gmo.com/docs/default-source/research-and-commentary/strategies/asset-allocation/the-s-p-500-just-say-no.pdf?sfvrsn=7 (Pages 4 and 8)3 https://insight.factset.com/hubfs/Resources%20Section/Research%20Desk/Earnings%20Insight/EarningsInsight_091517.pdf4 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/us-stocks-weekly-gains-fed-retail.html5 https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2017/09/equifax-data-breach-what-do6 https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact/7 https://www.consumerreports.org/equifax/how-to-lock-down-your-money-after-the-equifax-breach/8 https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs9 https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v121052439_EndUserProfile_en_us10 https://www.pcworld.com/article/3056827/security/4-password-managers-that-make-online-security-effortless.html11 http://stylecaster.com/beauty/strong-women-quotes/
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The state attorney general has sued prescription opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma accusing the company of using aggressive, misleading marketing to boost sales.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit accuses Purdue Pharma L.P. and Purdue Pharma Inc. of sending sales representatives to Illinois hundreds of thousands of times from 2008 to 2017, funding publications that appeared to be educational and promoted opioids while downplaying the risks of the medication, telling doctors and patients that the risks could be controlled, and targeting doctors with addicted patients and patients who were diverting the drug for unlawful use.
The efforts tripled the number of prescriptions of Purdue's opioids in the state, according to the complaint.
Raoul said that in addition to the lawsuit filed in Illinois, he will keep working with other attorneys general to investigate those responsible for the opioid crisis.


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