«It is extraordinary how many patients describe themselves as collateral in the war against drugs,» where law enforcement concerns for
potential abuse take precedent over the medical imperative to treat suffering, said author — journalist Melanie Thernstrom, who participated on the committee as a patient advocate.
Not exact matches
According to a blog post by Ed Ho, Twitter's VP of engineering, if the service's algorithm detects
abuse, it will
take one of a number of steps to reduce the
potential reach and harm of those tweets, including limiting the harasser's account for a set time period.
One of the most obvious
potential drawbacks to such a generous policy is the risk that employees will
abuse it and
take off weeks or even months without the risk of losing their jobs.
We therefore sought to influence the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee to increase governance in respect of expropriation matters so as to avoid
potential abuse / arbitrary expropriations
taking place.
While it was once true that most testing of
potential new drugs
took place in medical schools and teaching hospitals, that is no longer the case, and in Elliott's view the change has given rise to serious problems and
abuses.
In 1969, the Supreme Court struck down the act, but then the Controlled Substances Act
took its place and categorized cannabis as Schedule I — meaning, in the government's view, that cannabis has a high
potential for
abuse and no currently accepted medicinal value.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute on Drug
Abuse stress the
potential for long - term cognitive impairment, problems with attention and coordination and other risk -
taking behaviors due to heavy marijuana use.
Pass it on: Because it
takes longer for people to get high from an oral form of marijuana, there is little
potential for
abuse of a marijuana - based mouth spray.
Thanks to a hiring manager (also a supersurvivor, though he likely wouldn't claim so) who recognized my
potential, I
took a significant pay cut but gained a network of colleagues / friends who, it turns out, had all been through similarly difficult circumstances (rare and serious illness, complicated grief over a loved one's death, surviving — and rescuing others from —
abuse and substance
abuse) and come out better for it.
«If these findings can be replicated with cohorts that have court - verifiedrecords of
abuse, it suggests that women who survive childhood
abuse maywant to be aware of the
potential health implications,» says Chen, «and perhaps
take more active steps to engage in healthy behaviors that could hopefully offset some of these risks.»
It
takes longer for people to get high from this oral form of marijuana, so there is little
potential for
abuse
The recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual
Abuse demonstrate the need for every organisation with exposure to young people to ensure they are
taking an active response to reduce
potential risks of harm to children.
«Building strong relationships between children, parents and other adults can help prevent
abuse by enabling difficult discussions around
potential abuse to
take place.
In nearly half of cases (45 per cent, even when
abuse is reported, no follow - up action is
taken in, with one in three teachers (38 per cent) feeling it is necessary to stop using personal social media accounts over
potential privacy and
abuse concerns.
The report contains news stories, criminal records, and other documents to detail
abuses such as charter school operators embezzling funds, using tax dollars to illegally support other, non-educational businesses,
taking public dollars for services they didn't provide, inflating their enrollment numbers to boost revenues, and putting children in
potential danger by foregoing safety regulations or withholding services.
Pelto explained that forcing children who have been opted out of the testing to remain in the testing room is nothing short of bullying and
abuse because it creates unnecessary anxiety, embarrassment and a
potential sense of humiliation, while fostering an environment of resentment as remaining students are forced to
take the unfair tests while the students who have been opted out are forced to sit in the testing room for more than 8 hours.
In addition, we requested information about any precautions the Department or other agencies have
taken to avoid
potential abuses and to provide information so that consumers can truly shop for servicers.
Private dog rehoming through advertisements online or in the local paper is not advisable unless you can thoroughly check the
potential owner and never offer your four - legged friend free of charge, many «free to good home» pets have been obtained as breeding stock for puppy farms,
abused, even used as bait for dog - fighting and although most people who reply to these adverts are genuine you can not be sure and it is not worth
taking the risk.
The longest trail is to The Outlier (4 miles) and
takes a day to walk, although there is a 17 mile (4 day) walk to Victoria Peak, but its use is discouraged because of the
potential hazard, lack of emergency facilities and previous
abuse by past climbers.
And if people start to
take the pronouncements of such expert bodies as gospel, there is an obvious
potential for
abuse.
It is filing its own suit in Texas «to investigate
potential claims of
abuse of process, civil conspiracy, and constitutional violations» and is seeking to depose a number of environmental activists who
took part in that meeting.
The linked article
takes note of the fact, as will all of you, that there is a
potential for
abuse here: if good people can scrape databases for noble access - to - justice reasons, bad bottom - feeders can scrape those same databases to sell people expensive services they do not need.
Expanding on the information in his first book, How to Select a Nursing Home for a Loved One, this informative text offers more specific guidence on detecting
potential abuse and neglect and the proper steps to
take to make sure it stops.
Although the ban on physician - assisted death will be lifted even if the government does not pass legislation, the
potential for
abuse demands that a comprehensive regime, which
takes into the account the complexities of practical application, be implemented as soon as possible.
If you notice any of these signs, or if your loved one mentions any
potential sexual
abuse, listen and
take notes.
If you identify any of these
potential signs of
abuse, it is very important that you
take appropriate action.
The first of these was that the trial judge had not carried out an adequate balancing exercise before exercising his discretion, in particular in failing to
take account of the
potential risk to L of giving evidence reliving the
abuse if, in fact, it had occurred.
In response to our request for comment and data to assess whether special enrollment periods are being
abused and to minimize
potential misuse and
abuse of special enrollment periods, commenters expressed strong support for the Exchange to
take actions to verify consumer eligibility for special enrollment periods moving forward, including requesting documentation supporting consumers» eligibility for special enrollment periods.
Facebook said it is «
taking action on
potential past
abuse and putting stronger protections in place to prevent future
abuse.»
Among the measures he said Facebook will
take, the company will investigate and look for any
potential abuses of personal data by app developers on its platform that have had access to large amounts of user data.
Many of the recent changes to Russian laws that have been infringing on the rights of LGBTQ individuals have
taken place under the guise of «protecting children» from
potential sources of sexual
abuse and from learning about same - sex sexuality as a «viable» alternative to heterosexuality.