drugs

^{Marvin Olasky
April 5, 2024
Homelessness

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Drugs and Homelessness

_{Marvin Olasky
April 5, 2024
Homelessness

5}

Last week we gave our third annual set of Zenger Prizes to ten journalists for articles or podcasts that emphasize good street-level reporting and a willingness to see that all human beings have value. One of the winners we announced is Sam Quinones, for an article he wrote in The Atlantic updating his acute analysis of America's drug crisis. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 7, 2022
Human Exceptionalism

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Don’t Fall for ‘Conservative’ Pitch to Legalize Hard Drugs

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 7, 2022
Human Exceptionalism

6}

We know that radical left-wing subversives want to legalize hard drugs. So do some libertarians—which is a polite word for social Darwinism. But conservatives generally oppose legalization, understanding the devastating social costs and personal dissipation that hard drug abuse causes to families, communities, and individuals who would be tempted to imbibe by the lack of potential legal consequence. Read More ›

^{Donald Hebb
May 12, 2022

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A First-Hand Account of Kicking Fentanyl Addiction: Reversing Hebb’s Law

_{Donald Hebb
May 12, 2022

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Donald Hebb, the father of neuropsychology, is known for Hebb's Law which states “neurons that fire together wire together.” Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2021
Economics, Human Exceptionalism

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A Tale of Two Cities

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2021
Economics, Human Exceptionalism

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We hear much about individual “rights” these days, but very little about personal responsibilities. That’s untenable. Our freedom to exercise the former cannot long exist without accepting our duty to fulfill the latter. Read More ›

^{Richard Rahn
August 6, 2002
Economics

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Pursuit of Economic Literacy

_{Richard Rahn
August 6, 2002
Economics

6}

Recent opinion polls show that substantial numbers of Americans believe: We are in a recession; free trade reduces jobs for American workers; controlling prices will make us better off; government can create jobs; the tax cut hurt economic growth; and corporations hurt American workers by moving their legal homes to lower-tax jurisdictions. None of the above statements are true. Why Read More ›

Portrait of asian man sad,drug addict man sitting on the floor,flakka drug,zombie drug

^{Bruce Chapman
October 4, 1996
Citizen Leadership

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Drug woe answers don’t lie with cartoon–or cartoonists

_{Bruce Chapman
October 4, 1996
Citizen Leadership

5}

Garry Trudeau, creator of the comic-strip Doonesbury, is one of your star Boomer celebrities, a self-appointed guru of perpetual ’60s cool. It was Trudeau who invented the jaunty Mr. Butts character that mocks the tobacco companies and the politicians who take their contributions. Today Mr. Butts figures haunt only Republican rallies, despite the annoying fact from the National Library on Read More ›