Sunday, March 29, 2015

Our Passwords, Ourselves; How medical is medical marijuana?; A life on hold; Gideon Levy

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Our Passwords, Ourselves - Michael's essay: These days our lives are ruled by passwords which give us access to the world. And that may not be such a good thing. How medical is medical marijuana? The government has authorized more than 50 thousand Canadians to use medical marijuana; that number is expected to grow ten-fold over the next decade. But professional medical organizations say not enough is known about its effectiveness or its potency to write an accurate prescription. A life on hold - a documentary by Kate Wiley: Two years ago, Shelly and Fred Muntau of Vancouver adopted an orphaned child from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but they can't get a Canadian visa for little Pedro without an exit letter from the Congo. And they can't get an exit letter, without a visa. Gideon Levy: Levy is a highly controversial columnist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, who has made life in the Occupied Territories his beat. He is a fierce critic of what he describes as the routine brutality experienced by the Palestinians, and of the settler movement.






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