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SCIENCE AND DRUG ABUSE CONTROL POLICY.
May 1, 2001... Science" has many meanings, and its ambiguity creates confusion about the proper role of science in policy-making. Few doubt, in principle, that the policy process ought to be informed by the scientific temperament, the attitude that gives to every proposition just the degree of assent...

Marriage and Longevity.(married men live longer and stay healthier)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... That married people live longer and healthier lives than do the non-married is "one of the most robust results in demography," writes John E. Murray of the University of Toledo in the pages of Demography (Vol. 37, No. 4, November 2000). Murray notes, however, that debate persists: Does...

Americans View Internet as a Threat to Privacy.(report by the University of California at Los Angeles)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Almost two-thirds of U.S. Internet users and more than three-quarters of non-users say going online is a threat to privacy, according to a study released last year. According to the report by UCLA on the impact of the Internet, a portrait has emerged of a society in which those that...

Union Membership Hits Low Point.(report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The percentage of American workers belonging to unions fell last year to 13.5 percent, its lowest point in six decades. In releasing its survey of union membership in January 2001, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also found that the number of union members declined by 200,000 last year...

Election 2000 from A to Z.
May 1, 2001... For more than thirty years, pollsters have been voters as they leave the polls. The Voter News Service, a consortium representing the five major television networks, and the Los Angeles Times conducted exit polling at selected polling places around the country last year and asked voters to...