Illegal questions

It is important to question any order that is unclear. This includes unclear directions for the administration of the drug, illegible handwriting on the primary care provider s order sheet, or a drug dose that is higher or lower than the dosages given in approved references. 

I would call myself an environmentalist, but there are different lands. I am not strict. If I had an outbreak of bugs that were going to kill the trees I ve worked on for twenty years, there would be no question that I would spray to get rid of them. I would use lindane, even though it s illegal, because I have worked on those trees for decades. But I try to keep from doing any more spraying than I have to. 

Before passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), many fire departments conducted a medical examination early in the process, before the physical ability test. Now, the ADA says it is illegal to do any examinations or ask any questions that could reveal an applicant s disability until after a conditional offer of employment has been made. That means that in most jurisdictions you will get such a conditional offer before you are asked to submit to a medical exam. 

In recent decades there has been strong advocacy by reformers who question the very basis of the war on drugs—that certain drugs should be illegal to possess and use. Such advocates often begin with an argument based on history ... 

The basic question is whether a medical necessity defense is applicable to the federal Controlled Substances Act. Put another way, do patients who believe (or whose doctors believe) that marijuana is necessary for their treatment have the right to receive the drug even though it is illegal under federal law ... 

As an initial matter, we note that it is an open question whether federal courts ever have authority to recognize a necessity defense not provided by statute. A necessity defense traditionally covered the situation where physical forces beyond the actor s control rendered illegal conduct the lesser of two evils. United States v. Bailey, 444 U.S. 394, 410 (1980). Even at common law, the defense of necessity was somewhat controversial. See, e.g., Queen v. Dudley ir Stephens, 14 Q. B. 273 (1884). And under our constitutional system, in which federal crimes are defined by statute rather than by common law, see United States y. Hudson, 7 Cranch 32, 34 (1812), it is especially so. As we have stated Whether, as a policy matter, an exemption should be created is a question for legislative judgment, not judicial inference. United States. Rutherford, 442 U.S. 544, 559 (1979). Nonetheless, we recognize that this Court has discussed the possibility of a necessity defense without altogether rejecting it. See, e.g., Bailey, supra, at 415. 

Many drug users die from toxic substances that are used to dilute illegal narcotics and from overdoses when drugs are more po tent than represented. Government control on the production of these drugs could make certain they were pure and standardize them so that their strength would not be in question. 

But practices sometimes lead to legal violations in interviews. Some of the questions asked during the interview process are illegal, but this does occur. Those involved in the process need to recognize the importance of absolute adherence to the letter of the law—knowing that you can be sued if you fail in this. Discussions need to be limited to what is relevant to the job. They should not extend to anything outside the job, the job description, and the skill set necessary for that job. 

The results obtained with density modulation depend, as we have seen, upon the choice of a parameter T that represents how many times an illegal value must appear in a cell in order to be considered a vortex. If T= 10, for example, it is reasonable to conclude that the point in question is a true vortex, but in this case the procedure is lengthy and the number of unknowns decreases very slowly. The choice of T= 5, on the other hand, increases the speed of the algorithm but also increases the probability of making mistakes in vortex recognition. 

The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation - KEEiATI Movement of Chemicals and Curbing Illegal Trade Questions ... 

Three types of questions have to be answered by hair analysis in the forensic cases of illegal drug abuse ... 

Dose/concentration relation could only be found for some legal drugs, for example, methadone by Moeller et al. and meprobamate by Kintz et al. For illegal drugs it will probably not be possible to perform studies to answer this question, because even in countries where such studies are allowed, it is not permitted to administer levels used by drug addicts. An additional difficulty is that most drugs, heroin, cocaine, THC metabolite having a short half-life, and a number of metabolites are detected in the hair. 

Prescriptions and orders should always be reviewed by a pharmacist before dispensing. Any orders that are incomplete, illegible, or of any other concern should be clarified using established processes for resolving questions. 

I have always been interested in fire-anns, conversions, and such, both legal and illegal. Since receiving the 5 issues this week a lot of questions have been answered that have bugged me thru the years. 

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