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Because values cannot be considered to be either true or false, science cannot prove or disprove them.

This factual information can and should be made available to help people formulate their values about abortion and incarceration, as well as to enable governments to articulate appropriate policies

Although scientists use research to help establish facts, the distinction between values and facts is not always clear-cut. Sometimes statements that scientists consider to be factual turn out later, on the basis of further research, to be partially or even entirely incorrect

They activate cannabinoid receptors that already exist in our body, and our bodies themselves actually produce compounds called endocannabinoids

Creating oil from the plant or eating the plant is the best way to absorb cannabinoids. Smoking also alters the plant molecules; when cannabis is heated and burnt it changes the chemical structure and acidity of the THC, which in turn negates its therapeutic value.

compromised dopamine system

It's a catch-22 manufactured by the Drug Enforcement Agency: marijuana is illegal because the DEA says it has no proven medical value, but researchers have to get approval from the DEA to research marijuana's medical value.

Empathy activates conscience and moral reasoning, improves happiness, curbs bullying and aggression, enhances kindness and peer inclusiveness, reduces prejudice and racism, promotes heroism and moral courage and boosts relationship satisfaction. Empathy is a key ingredient of resilience, the foundation to trust, the benchmark of humanity, and core to everything that makes a society civilized.

parents value achievement and happiness over empathy and caring.

He studied people with damage in the part of the brain where emotions are generated.

they couldn’t make decisions.

emotions are very important for choosing. In fact even with what we believe are logical decisions, the very point of choice is arguably always based on emotion.