Julia LaGrange I. Introduction There are currently no federal regulations specifically targeting indoor air quality in the United States. The only existing federal law addressing air quality, the Clean Air Act (CAA), is limited to regulating emissions released into ambient (outdoor) air, despite citing the general protection of public health as its purpose. In Massachusetts […]
Karolina Viera* Introduction Is access to medicine a human right? Through an interpretivist view, the answer is a definitive no. Access to pharmaceutical drugs may be life-saving for millions of people in the United States, yet there are very few laws to ensure accessibility. Over the past two centuries, pharmaceutical manufacturers have become dependent on
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Colm O’Connor* The legal practice of physician-assisted suicide provides individuals with the means to hasten the process of dying; this is a unique opportunity one might take for an array of reasons. Legally, the right to die is only vested in individuals with a terminal illness, so the grounds for pursuing a physician-assisted suicide stem
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