"... when administrators suspect a student is under the influence, a school nurse will observe symptoms like their behavior, odor and their eyes. The district does not actually test students, though. That’s left to the parents." It might help if they actually looked for more than circumstantial evidence. Turns out he'd been crying because his father had been murdered the previous night.
Foreign Policy Magazine: "At a desperate moment in World War I, British elites appealed to what they saw as the monolithic, all-powerful forces of 'international Jewry' to turn the tide of the conflict -- and promised them Palestine. "
Other than being in and of itself something worthwhile to think about, another reason that I wanted to post the above video is due to a great quote from Albert Einstein that it brought to my attention. Speaking of alcohol prohibition in the 1920s, he said:
... nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
I wonder if the same could be said about a lot of other legislative changes, leading either to crimes for which prosecution typically depends on the assumption that one of the parties involved is infallible.
Drug addictions like other addictions are harmful but is a war on drugs approach the solution? The video above notes that under this sort of program a tiny percentage of drug program funding goes to drug treatment programs while drugs have increased in purity while simultaneously decreasing in cost.
"'It’s the whole point of low rates, to entice borrowing and discourage saving, but it means a massive wealth transfer from savers to borrowers,' said Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com." No kidding!
"'We’re gonna have a breakthrough in the latrines,' he continued. He said that while the flushable toilet is the gold standard, it isn’t efficient at all. Someone is going to fix that, according to Gates."
