An Informed Approach to Substance Abuse Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/15-1/ The best minds on the most important topics. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:26:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png An Informed Approach to Substance Abuse Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/15-1/ 32 32 Scientific Truth-Telling https://issues.org/metzge/ https://issues.org/metzge/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/metzge/ The Ascent of Science is a magisterial, witty, and certainly perceptive guide to how contemporary science came to be. It is an idiosyncratic tour, a reflection of the author’s tastes, enthusiasms, and… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/metzge/feed/ 0 Research Support for the Power Industry https://issues.org/morgan/ https://issues.org/morgan/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/morgan/ A revolution is sweeping the electric power industry. Vertically integrated monopoly suppliers and tight regulation are being replaced with a diversified industry structure and competition in the generation and supply of electricity.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/morgan/feed/ 0 Collaborative R&D: How Effective Is It? https://issues.org/mowery/ https://issues.org/mowery/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/mowery/ R&D collaboration is widespread in the U.S. economy of the 1990s. Literally hundreds of agreements now link the R&D efforts of U.S. firms, and other collaborative agreements involve both U.S. and non-U.S.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/mowery/feed/ 0 Critical Infrastructure: Interlinked and Vulnerable https://issues.org/robins/ https://issues.org/robins/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/robins/ The infrastructure of the United States-the foundations on which the nation is built-is a complex system of interrelated elements. Those elements-transportation, electric power, financial institutions, communications systems, and oil and gas supply-reach… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/robins/feed/ 0 An Electronic Pearl Harbor? Not Likely https://issues.org/smith-2/ https://issues.org/smith-2/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/smith-2/ Information warfare: The term conjures up a vision of unseen enemies, armed only with laptop personal computers connected to the global computer network, launching untraceable electronic attacks against the United States. Blackouts… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/smith-2/feed/ 0 Fall 1998 Update https://issues.org/update-2/ https://issues.org/update-2/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/update-2/ Missile defense
In “Star Wars Redux” (Issues, Winter 1994-95), I discussed U.S. plans to develop and deploy highly capable defenses against theater (or tactical) ballistic missiles with ranges up to… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/update-2/feed/ 0 Environmental Policy in the Age of Genetics https://issues.org/yap/ https://issues.org/yap/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/yap/ In April 1965, a young researcher at Fairchild Semiconductor named Gordon Moore published an article in an obscure industry magazine entitled “Cramming More Components Onto Integrated Circuits.” He predicted that the power… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/yap/feed/ 0 Fighting Crime by Treating Substance Abuse https://issues.org/belenk/ https://issues.org/belenk/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/belenk/ During the past 15 years, concerns about crime and violence have prompted increased law enforcement, prosecution, and punishment. But although the “get tough” approach may have contributed to recent reductions in crime,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/belenk/feed/ 2 The Electronic Word https://issues.org/edjrnl-7/ https://issues.org/edjrnl-7/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/edjrnl-7/ Publication on the Internet has been in the headlines recently. First, the posting of the Starr report on the grand jury investigation of President Clinton created an electronic logjam as hundreds of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/edjrnl-7/feed/ 0 Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism https://issues.org/eland/ https://issues.org/eland/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 1998 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/eland/ In a little-noticed appearance before the Los Angeles World Affairs Council in late June of 1998, Secretary of Defense William Cohen did some thinking out loud about trading off civil liberties in… Read More

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