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Paper bags and plastic bags

samedi 7 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Paper bag or plastic bag? Each one is worse for the environment in some ways.

Unmonitored opioid prescriptions

samedi 7 juillet 2018 à 02:00

A doctor in Britain killed almost a hundred people, unintentionally, by prescribing opioids and failing to monitor them.

This was not an act of euthanasia, but it may be cited to oppose the right to euthanasia, as well as to deny people in great pain the treatment they need.

A proper right-to-die law should not make people wait for years in pain, or in helpless boredom, until death is only a few months away. Anyone who is too incapacitated to commit suicide alone should have the right to help.

Generic drugs in India

samedi 7 juillet 2018 à 02:00

India is promoting generic drugs, because 55 million Indians fall into poverty each year due to the cost of medicines.

I do wonder why ordinary pharmacies in India don't sell these generic drugs.

ICE

samedi 7 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Zephyr Teachout: ICE is a tool of illegality. It must be abolished.

Teenage workers on tobacco farms

samedi 7 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Using teenagers as workers is standard practice in tobacco farms in many poor countries. Some of them can't go to school, as a result.