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  2. Strange Connecticut laws, such as receiving a $99 fine for ...

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    Weird Laws In Massachusetts Including A $20 Fine, Possible Jail Time For Frightening A Pigeon The law prevents the release of ten or more "helium or lighter-than-air gas balloons" into the ...

  3. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Stokes's law of sound attenuation is a formula for the attenuation of sound in a Newtonian fluid, such as water or air, due to the fluid's viscosity. Streisand effect : whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely.

  4. Strange laws - Wikipedia

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    Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.

  5. Durham–Humphrey Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The Durham–Humphrey Amendment explicitly defined two specific categories for medications, legend (prescription) and over-the-counter (OTC). This amendment was co-sponsored by then Senator (and later Vice President) Hubert H. Humphrey Jr., who was a pharmacist in South Dakota before beginning his political career. [1]

  6. Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take ...

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    The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs like heroin punishable ...

  7. DARE Didn't Make Kids 'Say No' to Drugs. It Normalized ... - AOL

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    Starting in 1983, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program sent police officers into classrooms to teach fifth- and sixth-graders about the dangers of drugs and the need, as Nancy Reagan ...

  8. Urban legends about drugs - Wikipedia

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    In 2004–2005, an Internet rumor was being spread that claimed that LSD (and other drugs) were being diluted with water to extremely low concentrations, which allegedly made the drugs even more powerful, yet cheaper and undetectable. [115] This is related to the pseudoscientific "Law of Infinitesimals", one of the principles behind homeopathy ...

  9. Why Elton John Calls the Legalization of Marijuana ‘One of ...

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    It leads to other drugs,” John, who was named Icon of the Year by Time Magazine, told the outlet. “And when you’re stoned — and I’ve been stoned — you don’t think normally.