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Bellevue." and dr. brian russell. dr. russell, you believe it's a free-will situation, mostly on the substaps abuse? >> yes. here's why the disease label doesn't work. three reasons. it's an insult to people with breast cancer. it doesn't help addicts because when you absolve someone of personal responsibility for starting a problem, you simultaneously disempower to stop the problem. and third, it doesn't distinguish between desire and behavior. if you want to call the desire to keep doing something that is destroying you a mental illness, then fine. but it doesn't force anyone to pick up a su...

Bellevue." and dr. brian russell. dr. russell, you believe it's a free-will situation, mostly on the substaps abuse? >> yes. here's why the disease label doesn't work. three reasons. it's an insult to people with breast cancer. it doesn't help addicts because when you absolve someone of personal responsibility for starting a problem, you simultaneously disempower to stop the problem. and third, it doesn't distinguish between desire and behavior. if you want to call the desire to keep doing something that is destroying you a mental illness, then fine. but it doesn't force anyone to pick up a su...

That's the right goal. we have got to stay focused on those goals. but we have got to do it in a way that doesn't force teachers to teach to the test or encourage schools to lower their standards to avoid being labeled as failures. >> shepard: so the president is granting waivers that release 10 states from the law in exchange for promises to improve how they prepare and test their students. trace gallagher is tracking this one. is he live in our west coast news hub this afternoon. what's the reaction been like overall, trace? >> well, there is not a lot of people arguing, shep, that no child ...

Entire house and senate to move on this. i said back then the goals of no child left behind were the right ones. standards and accountability, those are the right goals. closing the achievement goal, that's a good goal. that's the right grade schooal. we've got to stay focused but doesn't force teachers to teach to the test or encourage schools to lower their standards in order from being labeled failures. we determine we need a different approach. i've always believed that each of us has a role to play when it comes to our children's education. as parents, we've got a responsibility to make s...

They use some third party software to do their tweeting. twitter almost looks like it was designed in somebody's basement. and continues to be run out of somebody's basement. >> right. >> i think the most important thing is the content. you hit it. what remains important is the authenticity of the person who is using twitter. the person you're following. transparency, if they themselves are being sponsored. >> ultimately pushing them to the top doesn't force anybody who watches to be involved with that twitterer or care more. ultimately, it may make them hostile to that person. >> i was almost...