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That fact explains the effort under way to drive consumers toward a better bulb: compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which last 10 times as longer as their incandescent counterparts while consuming less than one-third the electricity. The European Union began phasing out incandescents on Sept. 1, banning stores from buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lightbulb | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

The sea change in American attitudes toward pot came at the end of the 19th century, when between 2% and 5% of the U.S. population was unknowingly addicted to morphine, a popular secret ingredient in patent medicines with colorful names like "The People's Healing Liniment for Man or Beast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Marijuana | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

It wasn't until 1914 that drug use was defined as a crime, under the Harrison Act. To get around states' rights issues, the act used a tax to regulate opium- and coca-derived drugs: it levied a tax on nonmedical uses of the drugs that was much higher than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medical Marijuana | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

Zero-tolerance policies have always come under fire for being too strict. Christie’s case illustrates just why more flexibility may be necessary; the consequences seemed to far outstrip the crime. Indeed, although zero-tolerance policies are necessary measures for ensuring the safety of America’s...

Author: By Peter M. Bozzo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protecting American Education | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

Thus, while we congratulate the new non-permanent members for their upcoming stints on the Security Council, we call upon the permanent members to consider the difficult task of self-reform. Revising the Security Council now falls under their stated mandate, the long-term security of the global community.

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Open Up the Club | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

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