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...authorities keep marijuana-possession statutes on the books to conform with a 1988 international convention that prohibits outright legalization and to avoid the political controversy of changing the law. But they opt for quite lenient enforcement. Last month police in Brixton started a six-month experiment: they will caution users on the spot and confiscate their dope rather than book them for prosecution. The cops expect to save at least five hours of police work per nonarrest, which they will devote to street crime and drug dealers. In France and Germany, local police, prosecutors and judges are allowed considerable discretion...
...cells had not only raised hopes for a medical panacea but also set off the national debate on whether that potential public good provided the moral justification for the infusion of public money over the objection of many. Already, Thomson's personal balancing act--juggling scientific imperative and ethical caution, technical brilliance and moral quandary--had made him one of our choices for TIME's list of America's Best in science and medicine, the second of our series on Americans at the top of their fields...
...havoc with European efforts to engage with both sides. That argument may resonate with politicians engaged in trying to revive the peace process, but it?s unlikely to deter the lawyers and judges pursuing cases against Israeli leaders. And that has forced Israel's foreign ministry to counsel extreme caution to traveling officials. Any Israeli military and political leaders potentially vulnerable to such charges are being advised to avoid traveling to or through countries where they may be at risk of arrest, including Belgium, Spain and Britain...
COMING-HOME WOES Kids in foster care should be reunited with their biological families when possible. That's been the prevailing wisdom. But a study spanning six years published in the journal Pediatrics sees reason for caution. Researchers found that kids reunited with their families had higher levels of risky behavior and substance use and were more likely to drop out of school or be arrested than kids who remained in foster care. A possible explanation: the problems that led to the child's initial removal were still unresolved...
...that's what a White House loves to hear. Every White House has done its share of jawboning the Fed to lower rates, economic growth being very good politics. And few Fed chairman listen, as the elder Bush so painfully learned in 1991 when Greenspan's caution in lowering ushered in the recession that ushered Bush out. So Bush the younger, who probably still hears about that around the barbecue pit in Kennebunkport, appears to be insuring himself as best he can against a similar fate...