Georgia Farm Bureau Sets 2021 Priorities and AFBF Mental Health Survey
Monday Jan 11th, 2021 From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. During its December meeting, the Georgia Farm Bureau Board of Directors approved its set of priority issues for 2021.
The GFB Board is not limited to these issues, but the priority issues are topics that have come to the board’s attention and merit specific attention in the coming year.
The 2021 priority issues are Natural Resources & Environment, Animal Agriculture, Taxes & Budget and General Ag Issues.
https://www.gfb.org/media-and-publications/news.cms/2021/944/georgia-farm-bureau-board-approves-2021-priority-issues A healthy majority of farmers and farmworkers say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their mental health, and more than half say they’re personally experiencing more mental health challenges than just a year ago.
Sunshine Coast Council
Sunshine Coast residents looking to make a positive change to their lives this year are being urged to take part in The Lift Project Sunshine Coast, which starts on 8 February.
Registrations are closing soon for the third round of the popular online wellbeing program which is free for all local residents.
Sunshine Coast Lightning star Cara Koenen is proud to be an ambassador and said looking after mental and physical wellbeing was crucial to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
“This past year has been really tough for so many people and for council to offer a free online wellbeing program that’s easy to access and really inspires people to change their lives is such a great initiative,” Ms Koenen said.
Mental Health Demand For Development Of Psychedelic Drug Therapies Is Increasing
PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ After being relegated to the margins of sincere scientific examination for about five decades, growing researchers and scientists are exploring the therapeutic value of psychedelic drugs and compounds that could be a new treatment option for people with depression. According to Data Bridge Market Research North America psychedelic drugs market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the market is growing with a CAGR of 16.3% in the forecast period of 2020 to 2027 and expected to reach USD 6,859.95 million by 2027 from USD 2,077.90 million in 2019. Growing acceptance of psychedelic drugs for treating depression and increasing prevalence of depression and mental disorders are the factors for the market growth. Data Bridge added: Psychedelic drugs are the category of therapeutic pha
Judge halts Lisa Montgomery s execution pending mental assessment
12 Jan, 2021 04:59 PM
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The judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of Lisa Montgomery. Video / NBC
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A judge has halted the first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades, saying a court must first determine whether the Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother, cut the baby from her womb and then tried to pass off the newborn as her own is mentally competent.
The order, handed down less than 24 hours before Lisa Montgomery was set to be executed Tuesday at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, temporarily blocks the federal Bureau of Prisons from moving forward with her execution. The Justice Department didn t immediately comment.