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If we could do this, we would be faced with the necessity of arresting and incarcerating technically "innocent" people, which would upend our entire constitution and body of laws, in the same way that torturing suspects at Guantanamo has.

This may be a possibility in the future. A secret Homeland Security document indicates that a controversial program designed to predict whether a person will commit a crime is already being tested on some members of the public. The program works on using algorithms (mathematical formulas), that include ethnicity, gender, breathing, and heart rates, to "detect cues indicative of mal-intent."
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Changes to a single enzyme in the genetic code of the marijuana plant can turn its high-inducing properties into something that’s not psychoactive (handy if you want to use it to make rope, instead of smoke it).

Marijuana and hemp come from different strains of the same plant. Hemp was one of the earliest domesticated plant species (used in China over 6,000 years ago). Today, it’s used to make fiber and oils.
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The date of 11:11:11—Is it  lucky? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show).

Physicist Eric Carlson has made a special study of numerology. He thinks that one of the reasons people might think so repetition, and says, "Our brains are just pattern matching machines, so we tend to notice patterns like that. If you happen to glance at the clock and it’s 11:11, you will remember that–these patterns stick in our minds. But I don’t think there is any mystical significance to it.
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