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That minority of alcohol users cause 40% of violent incidents. That's a high impact rate. A perma-stoned smoker will be relatively immobile. In fact a casual smoker is more likely to have a fight because they are more alert. than one who is completely intoxicated.

I spent the middle third of my 60 years on mostly cannabis and amphetamines. The only time I've had black eyes or social strife is on excess alcohol. The saddest people I've ever seen are alcoholics by a wide margin, it knocks all the other drugs into the second division for the mess it causes. AFAIK one cannot safely withdraw from a full-on alcohol addiction without medical assistance... the physical addiction is real.... as I'm sure you know. Not sure about meth, but all the others are about a two week withdrawal for the physical side of the addiction. Obviously, the psychological side takes longer to overcome, but one is passed the physical aspect of the addiction after that time. Not so with barbiturates and alcohol. I've had many conversations with a UK Social Services substance misuse team, whose care I was under for a couple of years under a voluntary admission. Their sources are based on evidence.

You are talking from ignorance Around 40% of all violent crimes are alcohol related in the UK and Oz. Tell me alcohol's not dangerous to social harmony.

It's a valid area to talk about, but could do with splitting off. One's political and one's moral/ethical/philosophical in nature. To the original political theme: I read somewhere that restricting buying it in from outside the US is not feasibly enforceable. A telemedical consultation from outside the country wouldn't be unfeasible either.

Did it hurt when you were born? And that's as late-term as you can get. The abortion drugs are no different.

Would the Right be so keen if they thought forcibly preserving the lives of unborn black and hispanic babies might tilt the vote against them in the future with larger ethnic voting pool? I bet they would spin on a penny and come up with some other ulterior crock of shit why not.

I suppose all we can do is get the popcorn out and see how it pans out. It seems to me that the idea of 'settled law' is up the Swanee. I think until politics is removed from such decisions, this mess is going to go on on forever. There seems to be no respect for medical expertise, everything seems subject to political whims in the US. I find it gross tbh.

I think the medical line is not necessarily when personhood begins, but when a foetus can exist independently of it's mother, as a general guidline. Currently, I think they are in a potentially survivable state around 6 months gestation.

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Thyroid. As someone said, I just read: "I hope it's not too fatal".

I'm seeing speculation that Russia may declare war on May 9th, so it can mobilize its reserves. That will go down like a lead balloon with the Russian public

A link to a copy of the draft: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21835435/scotus-initial-draft.pdf

Ahh, gotcha.

I read earlier that SC Court numbers is a Congress decision, does it still have to go through the Senate?

Might this restore the idea of packing the Court as a potential option?

OK. I'd just rather try to be positive, where possible, than pessimistic.... saps too much energy before one has even started.

The ultra-religious cousin, yeah, but the others, that's imagining obstacles that probably have no basis in reality. Why are you stating truisms? What am I missing?

How are they to know?

If the USA was just 'America', one country instead of states, and the US SC word prevailed, being Conservative-biased, abortion would be illegal all over the country. At least such prohibitive judgements can be circumvented somewhere in the country, although maybe not easily for some. Like I said earlier, probably the internet, for remote online consultation with a qualified provider and mailed medication, it might not be so destructive to women that need the assistance as pre-internet. There are also proactive sympathetic states that will and can professionally do it properly either in-person or remotely. The days of gin and knitting needles aren't likely to be returned to, so the fears women had in the 70's aren't likely to manifest now to the same degree. Maybe the outlook isn't as bleak as one might think as at first glance.

Clandestine mifepristone/misoprostol distribution is about to become a thing, methinks . With the advent of such medication, it may not have such far reaching effects as in the past that the GOP/religious wingnuts hope.

Amazon is setting up a fund for its women employees that are more than 100 miles away from those services, so they can get there and California is setting itself up to be sanctuary for women outside the state. Mitigation strategies are already being worked on, it appears. Will it have a tangible effect on swing voters in the mid-terms which way they vote?

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