Decision to Kill Drug Disposal Law May Be Large Victory for Pharmaceutical Producers

Legislators shelved bill SB 1014 this week, which would’ve required the nation’s first statewide drug take-back program to be funded by pharmaceutical companies. The bill was put on ice after the required votes couldn’t be mustered in the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee. The bill’s intention was to keep discarded medications from being able […]

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In Denying Case of New Mexico Photographer, Supreme Court Upholds Equal Rights for Customers

On Monday, April 7, the United States Supreme Court declined to take up a case that would have determined whether or not a commercial photographer in New Mexico was protected by the First Amendment’s free speech clause when she refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony. The Christian Science Monitor reported that the Court’s decision […]

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