PHS Media Center: Current Issues
UPDATED September 3, 2002   

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Materials published between 2000 - 2002
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ADDICTIONS

Alcohol

Smoking

Gambling

Drugs

AMERICAN VALUES

      Family structure

      Moral standards

ANIMAL RIGHTS

     Treatment

      Experimentation

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT / DEATH PENALTY

CRIME

    Gangs

    Terrorism – United States

    Hate groups and violence

    Crime victims

    Drug legalization  

CULTS

DEFENSE AND SPACE

Nuclear Security

DISCRIMINATION

     Affirmative action

     Minorities and United States

     Women and employment

     Glass ceiling

     Sexual harassment

     Multiculturalism

EDUCATION

School choice – vouchers

Home schooling

Religion in public schools

Censorship and schools

Sex education

Teen Dropouts

Violence in schools

ENVIRONMENT (see also pollution)

Biodiversity

Endangered Species

National parks and protection

Green marketing

Environmental regulations

GUN CONTROL

HEALTH CARE

General health issues

Health care and insurance

National health care

Reproduction issues

IMMIGRATION

     Illegal aliens

     Refugees

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

     Middle East

     Third World

     Free market

     War crimes

MEDICAL ETHICS

     Genetic engineering

     Cloning

     Biomedical research

     Organ transplants

     Fertility drugs

     Euthanasia /Assisted suicide

     Mental illness

POLLUTION

     Air

     Water

     Landfills

     Garbage

     Hazardous waste     

POPULATION

PORNOGRAPHY

SEX ROLE – UNITED STATES

     Homosexuality

Gay marriage

Family and United States

Interracial dating

Sexual behavior

SPORTS

     College – ethical aspects

     Betting

     Sexual discrimination

     Drug testing

     Olympic games – ethical aspects

TECHNOLOGY

Privacy and the Internet

Internet:  Opposing Viewpoints

TEENS

Teen rights

Drinking and driving

Youth and sexual behavior

Teen smoking

Boot camps

Drug abuse

Teen violence : a Global View

VIOLENCE

Child Abuse

Domestic Ethnic 

Media 

Police Brutality

Teen

Teen violence : a Global View

WELFARE

     Minimum wage

     Homelessness

     Youth – homeless

WOMEN

Women in combat

Date rape

Birth mothers

Women's rights : a Global View