Word: hysterias
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NEWSWEEK HASN'T done a cover story on drugs for a while now, so the drug hysteria of this past summer must be fading. You would think that politicians, who are supposed to be hip to the mood of the people, would know this. As election day approaches, however, many candidates for public office around the country have focused on drugs as they grope for something--anything--on which they can take a strong stand and win the affections of the electorate...
...AIDS hysteria and bigotry toward homosexuals have no place at Harvard, and neither does a program like ROTC which is committed to military values and priorities that inevitably conflict with the ideals of openess and tolerance for which, we are so often reminded, the Harvard community stands. The University's priorities are, and must ever be, truth and learning, and not service to country or national security...
...DRUG HYSTERIA which has dominated the rhetoric of the politicians and the reports of the media in recent weeks sheds ironic light on the idea that Reagan and his cronies are working toward an end to big government...
...Measure 5: Should marijuana be legalized for personal use? The Oregon Marijuana Initiative has spent about $50,000 promoting the proposition and helping collect the 87,000 signatures necessary to place it on the ballot. John Sajo, 30, the group's director, admits, "We're fighting the general drug hysteria," but hopes Oregon's voters will approve the measure, which would allow consumption of pot in homes and its cultivation by individual growers...
...Reagan may not be as dumb as he lets on. He knows that drug abuse peaked in the early 1970s and has been leveling off ever since. Yet, at the same time, he also knows that anti-drug hysteria is the perfect way to make Americans ignore the rest of his pernicious policies. Ignore the fact that his Administration has seen the poverty rate escalate to its highest level since the late 1960s; the fact that he won't introduce stricter sanctions against South Africa despite opposition from even his most steadfast supporters; the fact that his elevation of Associate...