Medical

One of the things I’ve found with working in extensive research projects, as I have over the years with three books and various articles, is that right up until publication I always seem to find new bits of information, as with this recent find I somehow missed regarding the record-holder for world’s oldest woman.

Many residents of some of Rio de Janeiro's worst slums are fleeing their homes to escape a drug war that has left part of the Brazilian city in ruins, and killed a dozen people.
Activism

Gallup's October Crime poll finds 44% of Americans in favor of making marijuana legal and 54% opposed. U.S. public support for legalizing marijuana was fixed in the 25% range from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but acceptance jumped to 31% in 2000 and has continued to grow throughout this decade.

In response to yesterday's news that the Obama Administration had finally issued written rules barring the federal government from harassing medical marijuana patients, caregivers and dispensaries in the 14 states where medical marijuana is legal WSFA Channel 12 in Montgomery has put up a poll asking if Alabama should legalize medical marijuana.

Anyone that reads my blog knows that I’m extremely critical of the Obama administration, particularly on the “national security” front (read: warmaking and civil liberties denying front). But its only fair to praise Obama when he does good things, and his change in federal medical marijuana enforcement policy is a very good thing.

The government's two crime bills currently held up in the Senate are "flawed," and could be unconstitutional, but the Liberals are afraid of being labelled soft on crime and Grit Senators may succumb to political pressure and vote against amending the bills, says a Liberal Senator who supports the amendments.
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