Word: alcoholic
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Thus "The Test" came to Britain last week. From now on, British drivers will be obliged by law to submit to random curbside "Breathalyser" tests, blowing their breath into 8-in. glass tubes containing alcohol-sensitive yellow crystals. If the crystals turn green, the next stop is the police station for a blood test or urinalysis. Anyone showing a reading of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood faces almost certain conviction and a maximum penalty of four months in jail, a $280 fine and a one-year license suspension. Since the level is so low that some...
Just as the Mirror's attack was extraordinary, so was Brown's response. In a rebuttal on BBC-TV, a totally unrepentant Brown asked, in effect: What was all the fuss about? "I'm not prelending that I don't drink alcohol," he said. "I work jolly hard, many hours a day, and I don't do other things that people might frown on. If you want a Foreign Secretary who does not do anything wrong, I am not the guy you want-and I reckon the fellow you get will not be a very...
...trials move him deeply. In addition, since a 1961 auto crackup, he has developed a blood disease that causes frequent nosebleeds, and fogging out. What mainly sustains him nowadays is the heady thrill of success, the joy of being called upon to create bigger and more exciting monuments-and alcohol. He consumes at least half a bottle of Old Crow or vodka...
...marihuana. Occasional use, considered strictly from a health standpoint, apart from social consequences, has not been demonstrated to be deleterious. One may assume (although this has not been clearly proven) that the physical welfare of an individual is at least as gravely prejudiced by occasional use of alcohol and constant use of cigarette tobacco as by episodic use of marihuana. However, if consideration for the moment be confined only to the physical consequences of marihuana (apart from all social and legal implications) it must be recognized that constant and large dosage of marihuana is debilitating, reduces energy and motivation...
...declare the Massachusetts marijuana law unconstitutional on grounds that it is "irrational and arbitrary," and that it goes beyond the regulatory power of the state. Oteri also contends that it infringes on the individual's right to privacy and that it violates equal protection of the laws since alcohol, tobacco and other similarly dangerous drugs are not similarly barred. Finally, he feels that it subjects citizens to "cruel and unusual and excessive punishment...