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Econlib / Bryan Caplan

Building on psychiatrist Thomas Szasz's philosophy of mind, most mental illnesses are best modeled as extreme preferences, not constraining diseases. This perspective sheds light not only on personality disorders, but also on more the extreme cases of delusions and hallucinations.

 

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Wired

Merck was in trouble. In 2002, the pharmaceutical giant was falling behind its rivals in sales. Even worse, patents on five blockbuster drugs were about to expire, which would allow cheaper generics to flood the market. The company hadn't introduced a truly new product in three years, and its stock price was plummeting.

In interviews with the press, Edward Scolnick, Merck's research director, laid out his battle plan to restore the firm to preeminence. Key to his strategy was expanding the company's reach into the antidepressant market, where Merck had lagged while competitors like Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline created some of the best-selling drugs in the world. "To remain dominant in the future," he told Forbes, "we need to dominate the central nervous system."

His plan hinged on the success of an experimental antidepressant codenamed MK-869. Still in clinical trials, it looked like every pharma executive's dream: a new

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CNN

Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. The unanimous ruling makes Argentina the second Latin American country in the past four days to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug. 

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Drug WarRant

You know what would be really funny? If they took something with such proven benefits as marijuana and told people they couldn’t use it, even though it could mean that some people might die. Can you imagine how pissed off people would get? There’d be riots at town hall meetings and stuff.

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One Umbrella For Liberty website

Here is one that is sure to be popular with the kids and old folks alike! Sheriff Mack speaks out for the legalization of hemp and medicinal marijuana and talks of the multitudinous uses of hemp, including that it could end dependency on petroleum as an alternative fuel. Make sure to watch the full video with Sheriff Mack where he talks about The County Sheriff - America's Last Hope

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Michael Jackson Died from Zoloft & Demerol (June 26, 2009) Michael Jackson has died at age 50 due to Serotonin Syndrome as a result of 2 serotonergic medications - Zoloft (antidepressant) and Demerol (pain killer). Lisa Marie Presley has not only lost her father, but now also her Ex-husband, to the same basic combination of drugs: antidepressants and pain killers....

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