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Troubled Times: Why the Effort to Remove the Stigma of Mental Illness Is Backfiring

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Are anti-stigma efforts helping or hindering a public policy will to help mentally ill Americans?

Not So Fast: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana may Backfire

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Just as Canada made a sweeping decision to fully legalize marijuana, former Mexican President Vicente Fox made headlines of his own after joining the board of "High Times", a publication that has carried the crusade for cannabis legalization since its inception. In an interview with the Associated Press, Fox argues in favor of extending legalization …

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To Own or be Owned: A Virtual Reality Check

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Amazon recalls illicit digital e-books, and with them our notion that we can ever really own anything "digital". This and other dangerous realities of the e-universe.