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...federal government gave proponents of the medical use of marijuana a small boost on Friday when the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the White House?s hard-nosed Office of National Drug Policy, issued new guidelines that make it easier for researchers to obtain marijuana. The department said it will now provide legitimate scientists with top-grade marijuana grown on government land on a "cost-reimbursement basis." The new government rules are far less than some researchers might wish -- no funding accompanies the new policy, evidently -- and they are certainly much less than what Californians voted...
...safer to promote than freedom. Students hurling rocks at the U.S. embassy in Beijing will not take time out to erect a statue of Liberty and shout pro-democracy slogans. Also, the government may hope to spur a guilt-ridden U.S. to grant concessions that it otherwise might not obtain; the Foreign Ministry has suggested that China's entry into the World Trade Organization would go a long way to ease the current tension...
...dilemma that the students faced was the feeling of individual moral obligation to obtain medical assistance for their intoxicated guest versus their concern for any personal repercussions or consequences (disciplinary or legal) they or the individual might face. This is an uncomfortable and difficult situation. Yet, the effect and consequences of inaction could be far more devastating...
...dilemma that the students faced was the feeling of individual moral obligation to obtain medical assistance for their intoxicated guest versus their concern for any personal repercussions or consequences (disciplinary or legal) they or the individual might face. This is an uncomfortable and difficult situation. Yet, the effect and consequences of inaction could be far more devastating...
...start just such a business with his wife. In 1996 the couple, both avid golfers, opened Southern Appeal (www. southernappeal.com) an online store that sells such golf-related trinkets as golf-club stands and golf-bag-shaped Christmas stockings. Before they could open for business, they had to obtain a merchant account number for credit-card transactions from a local bank in Roswell, Ga., and buy specialized software to keep track of inventory on someone else's shelves. It was a lot of extra trouble, but in the end it paid off: the Pinks have more than doubled sales each...