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Judge Says It’s "High Time" We Legalized Marijuana
A state lawmaker from San Francisco has introduced legislation to decriminalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol. It has been endorsed by a retired Orange County judge who used to be a federal prosecutor. In his view, it's 'high time' -- so to speak -- for another approach to marijuana.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Stupidity is alive and well in the U.K.
London suffering from shocking rise in rare 'Victorian' diseases
London is suffering a startling rise in diseases associated with Victorian times, official figures reveal today.
Rare infectious illnesses including typhoid, whooping cough and scarlet fever have soared by 166 per cent in the past two years, with the number of cases of mumps - a disease easily prevented with vaccine - rising from 125 in 2007 to 393 last year - an increase of 214 per cent.
Justine Greening, the shadow minister for London, said infection rates in the capital are markedly higher than the national averages.
The rise could be a result of parents refusing the MMR jab after now-debunked claims in 2001 that it might be linked to autism.
Mumps can lead to hearing loss and damage the nervous system in adults.
The figures also showed cases of the highly-contagious whooping cough have quadrupled in the five years to 2007, from 63 to 252.
Symptoms include choking spells and vomiting and can cause death, especially in young infants.
Meanwhile cases of scarlet fever, which causes high fevers, rashes, and severe damage to internal organs, are up 153 per cent since 2005, with 501 infected in London last year.
Typhoid, which is associated with poor sanitation and hygiene, has risen steadily since 2004, from 45 to 127 cases per year.
The Conservatives claimed the Government was partly to blame for failing to invest enough in public health and to appoint school nurses.
Ms Greening, MP for Putney, said: 'The rise of these highly infectious and potentially fatal diseases in our city is truly alarming.
'The Government must do more to ensure the public health of Londoners.'
I wonder if the likes of Jenny McCarhthy know what kind of harm they're causing
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