Word: admits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is one kind of psychological manipulation that Colon does admit may have some affect. He acknowledges that he is affected when coaches or fencers who never complain or voice their dissatisfaction with a call do, for once, raise an eyebrow. It is impossible, Colon says, to dismiss their judgement as easily as that of those who from the frequency of their complaints, you know are biased...
...passed, research exonerating cannabis from its alleged harmful effects was repressed. It is also agreed that research at the time that linked the drug to a variety of dangers was contrived and unreliable. Yet, out of a sort of cognitive dissonance at the federal level, legislators are reluctant to admit past mistakes. Despite growing evidence attesting to beneficial medical uses of cannabis, antique laws continue to deny patients this treatment...
Even those who take the position that there is some legitimate purpose served by making criminals out of those who smoke marijuana should admit that the law has gone too far for too long, and that restrictions should be relaxed to allow marijuana to be prescribed when doctors feel that the symptoms call for it. Some day marijuana may reduce the suffering of many patients and even save the lives of others. This will not require a new medical breakthrough, but only a modest effort to overcome the vestiges of paranoia from another...
...Maybe when I was a freshman in 1970 people were less willing to admit it, but financial security is always a concern with everyone," the proctor, who asked to remain unidentified, said...
...dying, like his living, was done in public. It was characterized by the same boundless optimism that animated his life in politics. In the last several months one came to realize that the "politics of joy" he preached were a little less corny than many would have cared to admit a few years ago, his zestful public spirit a little more affecting...