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23 hours ago ago from Paul Flynn - Read My Day
The worst reason to enact new laws is in response to grief. In the inevitable vacuum that follows a tragic death, predictable emotions include the need to create some beneficial change as a result of the loss. The wave of sympathy that was aroused by one ecstasy death resulted in an expensive campaign against the drug in 1992. There was no beneficial effect. Nothing was ‘sorted’. The drug became more fashionable and its use increased. ...
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Though recent studies show a significant decrease in illegal drug use among American youth, usage levels still remain high. In 2004 alone, 21.5 percent of eighth-graders, 39.8 percent of 10th-graders and 51.1 percent of 12th-graders reported using an illicit drug sometime during their lifetimes, according to the Monitoring the Future Survey conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Even if your child's ...
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16 hours ago ago from The Volokh Conspiracy
A truly terrific comment thread has developed in response to my post below that asked why a lot of people have less problem with just blowing up a terrorist suspect together with his family than detaining just the suspect and perhaps interrogating him. I wanted to offer a few thoughts on what the comment thread suggests, and the possible lessons to draw from the very insightful and interesting reactions of our readers. The lesson I draw ...
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