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...happily give Adderall, an amphetamine, to children. The only difference is that prescribed drugs “fix” a problem, supposedly making you more normal (happier if you are depressed, calmer if you are agitated, etc.), whereas illegal drugs—which can have the same physiological effects??make you “high,” or abnormal...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Hooray for Materialism | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...Perhaps if the pill were potentially lethal, like say, alcohol, one could argue that the government has a legitimate role in imposing this cost on women. But the pill has not been shown to have any severe long or short-term risks; none of its possible side-effects??nausea, headaches, slight weight gain and, with lifetime use, delayed menopause—are serious enough to warrant a prescription. Nor is there any real chance of abuse or drug extraction: An overdose of ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel (two common pill ingredients) is more likely to result in vomiting than...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Liberation (By Prescription) | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

Appropriately enough, Nintendo has always been an innovator in taking video game health threats to the next level. Years before the Wii, the Virtual Boy, the company’s ill-fated three-dimensional portable console, was notorious for its possible side effects??dizziness, headaches, and the like—and subsequent health warnings. Unsurprisingly, the system failed spectacularly. But as infamous as the Virtual Boy was, today’s new wave of innovative controllers has sparked a much broader wave of undeniably dangerous games...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PAYNEFUL TRUTHS: Occupational Hazard: Wii Will Kill Us All | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...blowers in the early 1970s, and the tools gained popularity over the next two decades—with annual U.S. sales nearing 2 million by the late 1990s, according to a report by a California state agency.That agency, the Air Resources Board, added in a 1999 report that health effects??which stem from carbon monoxide exhaust, particulate matter, and carinogenic compounds in gasoline—were particularly damaging for workers who use the devices.Sue Butler, a board member of the advocacy group Green Decade Cambridge, also urged councillors to consider the ecological impact of blowers. She advocated leaf...

Author: By Virginia A. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Citizens Want Blowers Banished | 11/7/2006 | See Source »

...Lamont’s later hours also had more wide-ranging effects??more gates to Harvard Yard were kept open until midnight to accommodate upperclassmen using Lamont, and the student victory inspired Radcliffe students to demand later hours during their reading and exam periods as well...

Author: By Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ’Round About Midnight | 6/3/2006 | See Source »

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