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The majority of people, when thinking of health care, consider things such as physical illnesses and things of that sort. Many do not think of mental health, which is an extremely pertinent part of an individual's quality of life. The problems and issues with obtaining services for mental health and maintaining them, sadly, are quite a few. This makes being able to find and receive the help and treatment needed for individuals' with mental health issues difficult and sometimes nearly impossible.

Mark Hanis encouraged me to post a fleshed-out response to his op-ed after I asked him if he wanted me to respond to an op-ed he and a colleague, Andrew Stobo Sniderman, wrote on "drones for human rights."

"Features hundreds of credible pros and cons including scientific marijuana research and expert opinions on medical cannabis" I couldn't remember whether or not this topic was brought up in the forum, or on the "No" list. But either way, I thought I would post it here. This website (procon.org) is a great source for looking into both sides of whatever argument is being considered.

Some states are saying marijuana is very beneficial for many health problems. However, many consider it to have no medical use. Others argue it is too dangerous to use.

A few days ago the Australian House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Communications published its report on cyber crime and security. This document has the ambitious title "Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime", and is an impressive, almost 300 pages reading with statistics, examples, and of course suggestions on how to solve the cyber crime problem.

The number of obese children in america is growing every year. Kids are decreasing the amount of exercise they get and increasing food portions. Many studies have been done that prove this leads to heart problems. In a lot of homes in the US today, children are able to sit around and eat as much as they want, and what ever they want. This is a continuing problem because the children will carry this on to their children. Child obesity also leads to mental and emotional problems.

This article talks about the personal freedom issues and just overall human rights issues in China. It states the government having problems not caring about their citizens but only about their economical success. 

This article talks about the personal freedom issues and just overall human rights issues in China. It states the government having problems not caring about their citizens but only about their economical success. 

This guy suggests the solution to the problem of illegal immigration is not complex. He thinks it can be accomplished by three easy steps. First build a double layer security fence, use e-verify, establish a fund to help with the transportation costs of returning them home.

This guy suggests the solution to the problem of illegal immigration is not complex. He thinks it can be accomplished by three easy steps. First build a double layer security fence, use e-verify, establish a fund to help with the transportation costs of returning them home.

The writer of this article believes America has a gun problem based on these statistics. They are starting to issue background checks when purchasing firearms to hopefully stop people who have bad intentions. It also talks about how much money guns are costing u.s. taxpayers based on the medical bills, etc. that follow guns when they are purchased by the wrong people.

10 solutions that might help illegal immigration. See what's number 1.

Top 10 Solutions to Illegal Immigration in the USA Illegal immigration has long been a problem in the U.S. The government has certain legislative policies in place to deal with this problem. Despite these efforts immigration continues to be rising problem in the U.S.

Gives solutions to stop the increase of illegal immigrants that come into the United States. They think that strengthening border security might work as well as making it harder for illegals to live in America by using background checks, ect. They even promote the idea that maybe if living here is so difficult, then maybe illegal immigrants might even want to leave voluntarily.

The facts and numbers about healthcare in the US. Disagreements are happening on how to give everyone some type of insurance. This rising problem has many more years of debate.

Read the interesting facts surrounding today's rising epidemic of obesity among youth. Great definitions and health-related problems cause by being overweight.

A valley couple has their foster rights revoked due to not having their own children fully vaccinated. Some parents choose not to vaccinate because of health implications, some religious freedoms.

This article discusses the ACTA treaty that flew under most people's radar as the uproar over SOPA,PIPA occurred. This is an international agreement that will expand and change copyright laws world wide.

This is a post about why there is no real advantage of taxing the wealthy more.  

I agree with this in many ways. Huffington Post has some really good articles!

Congress just spends money like it's going out of style. When the goverment spends more money that it brings in, you know we have a problem. Then we start to play the blame game, republicans blame the democrats, and the democrats blame the republicans. Haven't we learned that blaming each other never solves anything? They need to take responsibility and budget better...pff. Or just raise all of our taxes to try to make up for it...now that doesn't seem fair for us hard working citizens, I don't think we recieved any of that spending money. Lets just fix the problem before our economic well-being is dug into a hole so deep we can't pull ourselves out.

The abortionc law may not be the killer, but it contributes to the problem. Although most women have those rights to make decisions for them selves now, it is happening more than ever before. They are living with these deep secrets but talk about it as though it was a piece of cake. I know they must feel bad. The abortion law is not safe either.

This article covers the issues of growing food safer, the ability for different classes of America's purchases of food, and showing stats to prove them. It looks at how the weatlhier versus poorer or lower class's finances impact what they eat.

This article explains what the NDAA legislation is all about. Explaining that the president can in fact detain anyone accused of terrorism or terrorism affiliation with out due process.

The problem with legislature like this is the government will have permission to detain anyone without actual proof. Your cousin Steve could be locked up and there's nothing you can do about it. Not everyone accused of a crime is guilty, and under the NDAA, it won't matter. Guilty or innocent, you can be detained. Not only is this a violation of your Constitutional rights, it's one step close to Fascism.

I agree with Erika. It's a slippery slope. The government can define a terrorist as an extreme Muslin organization today and the Tea Party tomorrow.

This acticle is about exactly what the title says it is. The fact that legislators want to put extra taxs on things like fast food and extra large pants just because some oth the American people decide that they want to eat what they want is not right.

This article is about the right of the individual to be obese and how some feel it is necessary to tax the obese at a higher rate just for being obese. A clear personal freedom.

The website discusses the rights of pet-owners to secure rental housing. It speaks of ways in which pet owners may help themselves when obtaining housing. For example, they may obtain a letter from their former landlord stating that there were no problems with the pet.