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“Fentanyl and Carfentanyl are the most powerful opioids, and they are synthetic. These drugs are different than others, as the LD50 of carfentanyl can be measured in nanograms, meaning a full gram could wipe out New York City. This is bioterrorism with alarming efficiency, and should be treated as su…”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Should Synthetic Drugs (Like the Opioid Fentanyl) be a New Class of Controlled Substances?

“If a senior loses out on necessary medicine and it leads to death, I believe that is more a moral tragedy than money being stolen from customers. ”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Should Medicare Prescription Drug Plans be Allowed to Suspend Payments to Pharmacies Accused of Fraud?

“It may seem callous, but these are not the people who will get better from drug addiction, it’s the mentally ill that don’t get the attention they need. Use this money for psychiatrists to give proper treatment, so their patients don’t self-medicate. ”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Should Soon-to-be Released Prisoners Get Medicaid to Prevent Relapses?

“No, that defeats the purpose of a shutdown, to prevent defaulting on our debt”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Should Funding be Automatically Extended to Prevent Gov't Shutdowns & Cut if Congress Doesn't Act?

“I think computing is on the scale of space as a frontier for exploration. That being said, this is a big reason the private sector exists. To fund profitable research. Google is building this exact computer now, so why don't we let them make America look great, like how Space X does? Sure Nixon …”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Does The U.S. Need To Build The Ultimate Super Computer?

“The reason to vote against this bill is because it " doesn't define the goals of the research ". That is not how research works, you actually throw money at curious individuals (who better than collegiate persons) and we use the results to better America. ”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Should Congress Extend Funding For Department Of Education Research Programs?

“I feel that nuclear power and non-renewable conventional power does deserve more funding in research. While I don't think there is a future for the latter, it is what gives us most of our energy now. Our true future is partially in renewables, but only as far as microgeneration. Mostly, it is in …”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Funding the Federal Government Until April 2017 and Disaster Relief

“That is way too high. Anyone in high school economics knows that a wage-price spiral will increase the cost of living dramatically due to inflation. Personal ambition is the best way to have a better life. ”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Raising the Federal Minimum Wage (Gradually) to $15/Hour by 2020

“As much as I love nuclear power, I hate nuclear weapons. Not only would we get nuked if ISIS got that far, a country newly getting nukes is counterproductive to our modern society. Maybe let them use thorium reactors that don't make waste that can be made into bombs. ”

- MARCUS B

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In Response to: Should Congress Reject the Iran Nuclear Agreement?