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Drug experiment - Page 3 - Boston.com - 2 views

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with one side calling for incarceration and the other for legalization. “And I just don’t buy it,” McLellan said. The answer is likely somewhere in the middle, he believes, and perhaps that’s where we can learn something from Portugal, a country that at least tried something new.
- Xochitl Cruz on 18 Nov 11
  
  I do not completely agree with having any drugs being legal, but I do think that there is a middle ground. If the drugs are made legal it would take away the temptation of wanting to try it; however, like in Portugal the number of people who try it will increase. There has to be a happy medium because the penalties are drastic for possessing a small amount of any drug.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I do not completely agree with having any drugs being legal, but I do think that there is a middle ground. If the drugs are made legal it would take away the temptation of wanting to try it; however, like in Portugal the number of people who try it will increase. There has to be a happy medium because the penalties are drastic for possessing a small amount of any drug.</div>
  
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PublicAffairs Books: THE POLITICAL BRAIN - 8 views

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an effective campaign is to maximize positive and minimize negative feelings toward its own candidate, and to encourage the opposite set of feelings toward his or her opponent
- Xochitl Cruz on 01 Oct 11
  
  During class, when the Rick Perry campaign video was mentioned, I got curious. So I watched it, and this is the definition of what Perry is trying to do. He is trying to encourage negative feelings towards Obama, through his campaign.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">During class, when the Rick Perry campaign video was mentioned, I got curious. So I watched it, and this is the definition of what Perry is trying to do. He is trying to encourage negative feelings towards Obama, through his campaign.</div>
  
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can't possibly keep up with all the data required to know which aspects of which bills are likely to yield results conducive to their values and interests and which
- Xochitl Cruz on 01 Oct 11
  
  This goes back to the idea that citizens take shortcuts, and are not ignorant.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This goes back to the idea that citizens take shortcuts, and are not ignorant.</div>
  
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The endowment effect: It’s mine, I tell you | The Economist - 11 views

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Dr. Marichal's Course Portals (2170) - 32 views

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