Opioid Prescriptions Down In States With Legal Marijuana, Study Finds
Marijuana Moment – Dec. 18
Study after study continues to show that when given a choice patients will choose marijuana over prescription opioids and, according to new research, doctors prescribe fewer opioids in states with recreational and medical cannabis laws on the books. “These laws also reduce the total days supply of opioids prescribed, the total number of patients receiving opioids, and the probability a provider prescribes any opioids,” researchers at the University of Alabama School of Law, and Vanderbilt University Law School concluded in a recent study published last week in the Journal of Health Economics.
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Well and Good – Dec. 17
UA researchers seek volunteers for severe weather study
The Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 18
Researchers at the University of Alabama are looking for volunteers to take part in a study about severe weather events. Households that participate will be interviewed before, during and after severe weather events during the upcoming spring and fall severe weather seasons. The tornado research being conducted across the Southeast is part of a broader study called Vortex SE 2019, and is meant to gain an in-depth understanding of the vulnerabilities communities face when taking action during severe weather events.
Timeline for Speech Evolution Pushed Back 27 Million Years
The Wire – Dec. 18
Sound doesn’t fossilise. Language doesn’t either. Even when writing systems have developed, they’ve represented full-fledged and functional languages. Rather than preserving the first baby steps toward language, they’re fully formed, made up of words, sentences and grammar carried from one person to another by speech sounds, like any of the perhaps 6,000 languages spoken today. So if you believe, as we linguists do, that language is the foundational distinction between humans and other intelligent animals, how can we study its emergence in our ancestors?
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Clay City Council passes Human Trafficking Awareness Month proclamation
Trussville Tribune – Dec. 17
The Clay City Council unanimously passed a proclamation at its regular meeting on Dec. 17, 2019, declaring January 2020 Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Jessie Hardy, assistant chair of the Junior League of Birmingham Anti-Human Trafficking Committee, spoke to the council on the state’s trafficking statistics. “Just to speak to Alabama statistics … the University of Alabama got a grant in 2017; it’s called BEAMS (Bringing Exploitation of Alabama Minors to a Stop),” Hardy said. “When they got that grant, that actually started the investigation of statistics in the state of Alabama. Unfortunately, those statistics came back that they estimated about 5,000 minors a month are trafficked through our state borders. That’s huge.
Intelligent.com Announces Best Master’s in Journalism Degree Programs for 2020
NBC (Youngstown, Ohio) – Dec. 18
Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for online degree rankings and higher education planning, has announced the Top 15 Master’s in Journalism Degree Programs for 2020. The comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 143 accredited colleges and universities in the nation. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation, and post-graduate employment.
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Intelligent.com Announces Best Most Affordable Online Master’s Degree Programs for 2020
News Blaze – Dec. 18
Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for online degree rankings and higher education planning, has announced the Top 50 Most Affordable Online Master’s Degree Programs for 2020. The comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 183 accredited colleges and universities in the nation. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation, and post-graduate employment.
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Intelligent.com Announces Best Master’s in Educational Leadership Degree Programs for 2020
Fox (Binghamton, N.Y.) – Dec. 18
Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for online degree rankings and higher education planning, has announced the Top 50 Master’s in Educational Leadership Degree Programs for 2020. The comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 174 accredited colleges and universities in the nation. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation and post-graduate employment.
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Excellent MBA Institutes For Asian Students
Ceoworld Magazine – Dec. 17
Because of excellent prospects and career improvements, Asian students are opting for management degrees in Europe and America. However, some students back off with the plans because of the budget issues and high lifestyle rates in these countries. Fortunately, there are many brilliant MBA institutes in Europe and America; which are not just good in academics along with pocket-friendly expenditures. Here is the list of such MBA institutes which are like a boon for Asian students in Europe and America: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: With a high rate of acceptance in the program is only 95, this university is quite aimed at producing quality management leaders. The Princeton Review ranks the facilities here to be the third-best in the nation. The master’s programs are ranked top 12 in the nation by US News and World Report.
WARM GLOW’ DRIVES MORE CHARITY THAN ALTRUISM
Futurity – Dec. 17
Studying a charitable program in Alaska, the new working paper found that people who received postcards appealing to their sense of self were more likely to donate than those who received messages appealing to pure altruism. “We found that messaging matters,” says List, professor of economics and a pioneer in the use of field experiments in economic research. “More specifically, when we appealed to the value the donor will reap, people gave more than when we appealed to how the dollars will help recipients. “This result surprised us, but is entirely consonant with a warm-glow model of giving: People give in part because they feel good from the act of giving.”