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...more of the country from being washed over with a morphine-induced golden relief, the government introduced the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, creating the Food and Drug Administration. While it didn't apply to marijuana and merely brought the distribution of opium and morphine under doctors' control, the regulation of chemical substances was a major shift in American drug policy. (See pictures of cannabis culture...
With an exception during World War II, when the government planted huge hemp crops to supply naval rope needs and make up for Asian hemp supplies controlled by the Japanese, marijuana was criminalized and harsher penalties were applied. In the 1950s Congress passed the Boggs Act and the Narcotics Control Act, which laid down mandatory sentences for drug offenders, including marijuana possessors and distributors...
...course, shifting geopolitics will involve the United States, China, and Russia for at least many more decades. These nations should reconsider the permanent club of the Security Council that they control, though we acknowledge that reform may go against the immediate interests of these “Big Three.” We encourage these nations, however, to recognize the long-term benefits of voluntarily enacting a better, more adaptable council structure. Adding permanent members and restructuring will be easier the sooner it is begun...
...preventing serious illnesses. There are reasons why, as a child, we get a host of vaccinations that prevent us from contracting diseases ranging from polio to rubella to, now, chicken pox. And while chicken pox may seem like just a rite of passage for children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that, before the vaccine, more than 10,000 people were hospitalized and about 100 to 150 people died from chicken pox in the U.S. each year. While these vaccinations do not prevent all instances of their diseases, they do help prevent the occurrence of these diseases with...
...first place? This policy can implode if we see even minor side effects. Alongside these immediate health concerns, there are larger ideological arguments. How can the government decide what we put in our bodies? And with these mandates, do we open the door for the government to take more control in other matters? The government walks a fine line when it issues such forceful mandates—on the one side, there are the rights of the workers; on the other, the safety of patients...