With Virginia legalizing the recreational use of marijuana by adults, King George voters would have to approve a measure in a referendum to ban its sale in the county.
Mass Shooting Spree Comes at Terrifying Time for Schools
On 5/4/21 at 6:23 AM EDT
As children return to the classroom after a year of home learning due to the pandemic, schools will settle back into their old routines; timetables, extracurricular clubs, homework assignments, sports, and of course the morbid necessity of active shooter drills.
The past year has also seen record gun sales in the U.S., increasing the access to firearms in the homes of many children. And research shows COVID lockdowns have wreaked an appalling toll on youth mental health.
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It s no surprise that the pandemic coincided with a lull in school shooting incidents.
Michael Dourson: A true story about chemical risk and benefits
Michael L. Dourson, Ph.D., DABT, FATS, FSRA
Guest columnist
Our story is about a pesticide. People are often worried about pesticides because they are toxic chemicals. Pesticides are toxic, so that they can kill things like bugs.
DDT is a bug spray. It was outlawed in many countries because once you spray it, DDT breaks down very slowly in the environment. Since it stays around for a long time, it moves up the food chain and when birds eat bugs sprayed with DDT the chemical causes their egg shells to become thin.]
Perspectives By
Christopher Wright Durocher | May 2, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT
Christopher Wright DurocherLast week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could gut many existing laws that impose limits on carrying handguns in public.[1]
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, the court will decide whether New York state violated the petitioners Second Amendment rights when it denied their applications for concealed-carry licenses. While seemingly unrelated, a decision by the court that weakens gun regulations could mix with the court s existing precedents regarding police use of force to form a particularly lethal cocktail for police violence against Black people.
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