Here's an item from today's Mind Hacks that will interest you and your students:
"War on Drugs bulletin: a World Health Organisation study finds the USA leads the world, by quite a wide margin, in per capita consumption of illegal drugs <http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050141>. Globally, there seems no relation between drug consumption and legal restriction. $500 billion <http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs> well spent then." Happy 4th! To Michael Sylvester: Most Canadian flags are probably made in China as well (isn't everything?), but the Maple Leaf -- though well-loved -- isn't quite so entwined with the Canadian soul as the Stars & Stripes is with the American. Few up here would dream of throwing people into jail for, e.g., misusing a flag as a form of political protest. It's just a piece of (usually cheap) cloth, after all. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
