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Charles Hurst
Bio: Charles Hurst is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Apothecaries' system. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 2 citations.
Topics: Apothecaries' system
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TL;DR: Age, alcohol abuse and alkaline phosphatase were independent and significant predictors of mortality, but Child‐Pugh class was not, and the mortality in a group of patients with advanced alcoholic cirrhosis was extremely high with 5 and 15 years' mortality in 71 and 90%, respectively.
Abstract: Background: Most follow‐up studies in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis have been for a 5‐year period or less. The aim of this study was to assess the long‐term mortality and causes of death ...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the question of how the First Amendment should treat intentionally addictive speech, and argue that intentionally addictive expression does not merit First Amendment coverage, under current doctrine, any such regulation would need to satisfy strict scrutiny.
Abstract: Addictive products—tobacco, alcohol, gambling, and the like—have been considered legitimate regulatory targets for millennia, a tradition into which both Founding-era and modern America comfortably fits. Expressive products—newspapers, books, movies, and video games—on the other hand, have been considered essentially immune from content-based regulation, thanks to the First Amendment. But what if the content of an expressive product makes it addictive? Which tradition must give in: the ancient ability of legislatures to protect society at large from the wide-ranging impacts of addiction, or the legal shield that has generated a thriving culture of artistic independence?
This Article is the first to explore the question of how the First Amendment should treat intentionally addictive speech. Social scientists indicate that certain behavioral addictions premised on compulsive use of expressive products—in particular, video games and pornography—are real dysfunctions of the brain, explainable in part by the intentional choices of developers and producers to create addictive products. And regulators are beginning to unsteadily lurch into action, without any evidence that they are taking the First Amendment into account. This Article proposes that, under current doctrine, any such regulation would need to satisfy strict scrutiny. It then argues for a departure and a recognition that intentionally addictive expression does not merit First Amendment coverage.
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