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Substance Abuse vs. Mental and Physical Health Common Sense Failures * Substance abuse is often treated as a separate problem, while mental health and physical health are addressed through different systems. This separation can be a major common sense failure. * The...

Potential Dangers When Multiple Prescription Pills Are Taken All At One Time * Taking multiple prescription pills all at one time can create unnecessary dangers when medications are not reviewed for interactions, timing, food requirements, or duplicate ingredients. *...

The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 occurred on December 21, 1988, when the Boeing 747, flying from London to New York, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. All 259 people aboard and 11 people on the ground were killed. From a common sense...

Single-Stairways vs. Safety The proposal to allow low-rise apartment buildings (typically up to five or six stories) to be constructed with only one exit stairway instead of the traditional two has generated significant debate among architects, planners, fire safety...

The  Great White Nightclub Fire The Great White nightclub fire, more commonly known as The Station nightclub fire, occurrred on February 20, 2003, during a performance by the rock band Great White. Pyrotechnics used during the concert ignited highly flammable...

The Ageing Problem in Congress * The ageing of members of the U.S. Congress has become a recurring topic of public debate because many legislators contine serving well into their seventies and eighties. While advanced age does not, by itself, reduce a person's ability...

The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (2012-Connecticut) The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered the school and killed 20 first-grade children and 6 educators after...

The Ford Pinto Litigation (1970s-1980s) The Ford Pinto litigation arose after a series of rear-end collisions in which the fuel tanks of Ford Pinto automobiles ruptured, causing fires that resulted in severe injuries and fatalities. The lawsuits, and the subsequent...

The New London School Explosion (1937-Texas) The New London School explosion remains one of the deadliest school disasters in U.S. history. On March 18, 1937, natural gas leaking beneath the school ignited, causing a massive explosion that destroyed much of the...