Debate Rages Over Severity of Child-Porn Sentences
Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences
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On the other hand, some prosecutors and members of Congress, as well as advocates for sexual-abuse victims, oppose any push for more leniency. At a public hearing in February, the Sentencing Commission received a victim's statement lamenting that child …
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Parents share stories of substance abuse at CACY town hall meeting
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The Community Action for Capable Youth panel talks about drug use in Richland County at a Wednesday morning town hall meeting. / DAVE POLCYN/NEWS JOURNAL MANSFIELD — She was the last to speak, but perhaps her message had the biggest impact.
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Rice: Is the problem mental illness, drugs or both?
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Often a parent's fundamental question is whether the young person's behavior is caused by a mental illness, substance abuse or both. More often than not the answer is both. According to reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association, …
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Marijuana: Light The Beacon, not the joint!
*Be sure to type the “PMID: whatever number” in Google to get the link. On a side note… Alright, the name of this video may sound like a statement, and it is. I’m tired of people just enjoying the marijuana for themselves, while all of these cancer patients are dying. Especially if they can benefit and/or eradicate their cancer from daily intake of the extracted cannabinoids. If a moron(like me) can find all of this information, and take the time to understand the meaning of it. Then I’m positive that everybody else can, too. We need to spread the word about Rick Simpson’s hemp oil, the Children’s Nervous System Journal 2011, and the British Journal of Cancer 2006! I’ve lit my beacon by going out of my way to do a video, and now I expect all of my fellow scholars to light their beacon. You can do it however you wish. Tell a friend, tell someone in politics that would appreciate this information, or vote! **Also, an explanation is due. Why does THC arrest the cell cycle, activate the MAPK pathway, inhibit the P13K/AKT pathway, or trigger an ER response in cancer cells only? Well, simply put, the cancer cells are damaged cells. They don’t have the necessary kinase checkpoints needed to safely stop ceramide accumulation, and ceramide production is necessary to induce apoptosis(cell suicide). However, the healthy cells have a vast kinase checkpoint system that only allows for the cannabinoids to activate the receptors, but prevents the THC from saturating the cannabinoid …
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