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...enforcement challenges that it presents), these very organizations could make their own—and citizens’—lives much easier by supporting movements such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which seek to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act Schedule I list. This list, which claims to include and does include drugs (1) with a high potential for addiction, (2) no medical use and (3) a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision. Schedule I is not the right place for marijuana?...
...Question 2 raises several important issues for Law Enforcement Officers in Massachusetts. For now, officers should do the best that they can to enforce the existing laws. Eventually, however, officers’ organizations should realize that all would benefit from removing marijuana from the controlled substances act and letting states determine the actual legality of smoking pot. Law enforcement organizations would help citizens and themselves by getting behind the movement to legalize marijuana...
...that. I realize that some women reading this article, many of whom have stood up against female circumcision in defense of women’s rights, will disagree with me. But I believe that our Western intervention into the affairs of Maasai women, though well intentioned, is the true act of disempowerment towards the Maasai culture. As long as this coming-of-age process is important and cherished among Maasai women, I think we could benefit from accepting its significance before berating its existence. Perhaps this is my coming-of-age story, as I have returned from studying abroad...
President-elect Barack Obama has clearly demonstrated that he knows the stakes when it comes to the economic crisis. In an address on the economy last Thursday, he said, “we need to act boldly and act now to reverse these cycles.” Regrettably, his proposed action, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, falls well short of bold. A $775 billion dollar bill might be the best way to win bipartisan support, but threatens to leave our economy in recession for years, sell the American people short, and tarnish Obama’s presidency...
Though few talk in public about it, a 13 million-man army, with foot soldiers ready to act in key congressional districts, could come in handy if the White House has trouble lining up votes for various bills and proposals that reach Capitol Hill. Obama's army can make a lot of phone calls and send a lot of e-mails - and it has proved it knows how to act fast. Rallying support for legislation is one mission; so is making sure the army is intact - and still writing checks - in a few years, when Obama is likely to seek...