The general consensus now is that the Alien and Sedition Acts were thinly veiled efforts to suppress opposition to the Federalist Party and to whip up fervor against the Democratic-Republicans and their French allies.
Two of the misconceptions that derived from the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and that the third report wanted to fix were:
- There is no rational medical or penological reason why charges related to crack cocaine are treated as much worse than those related to powdered cocaine. The reasoning appears to be racially motivated.
- The stereotype of "crack babies" is a false one. Babies exposed to crack cocaine exhibit the same conditions as those exposed to powdered cocaine or tobacco, which are low weight, height or head circumference. Developmental delays and other similar problems are attributed to the environment the child grows up in, not to in-utero problems.
The correct answer is growth of new neurons
We are able to create new neurons, even in adulthood. The discovery is relatively new, because it was thought that we were born with a certain “neuron bank” that was decreasing with time and that we were not able to increase. However, the latest findings in neuroscience have overturned that belief. Our brain is plastic: we can create different connections and even, in some areas, like the hippocampus, we can make new neurons be born.
The answer is hunter gathers and farmers. This type of economy’s are heavily reliant on where tribes live.
