Cancer, animal cruelty, feminism: So why can't I quit using makeup?
It can be an artistic statement, an act of self-expression, a desperate plea for attention, a casual routine, an attempt at preserving youth, a prop, a mask. … But makeup is only the gateway drug if one aspires to the height of conventional beauty …
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Sunday Dialogue: Treating Mental Illness
Congress responded with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, intended to end longstanding insurance practices that discriminated against people with mental illness and drug and alcohol addictions. Beginning in 2014, the parity law …
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In the Crossfire: Legalize Marijuana?
The US National Prohibition Act of 1919 was implemented in early 1920 and ran until 1933. According to the U.S. Census …. Why forbid a safe and natural plant but give grants to pharmaceutical companies that produce toxic drugs that are passed on to …
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