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5 Things All About Westport: March 15
A pair of events pertaining to the wars on drugs and obesity.
- Today will be sunny with a high near 44 degrees, with a light breeze. Tonight, however, will be a different story. Rain is likely after midnight, with less than tenth of an inch possible. The low will be around 37 degrees.
- With more and more junk food on the market, a professional dietician will be explain what foods are best for children at Earthplace. Cindy Sherlock will discuss the effects of a poor diet on their health now and their health as they mature into adults.
- The devastating tsunami in Japan had special meaning for . Years ago, he worked at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which faces a potential meltdown.
- In 2009, then Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto kept the death penalty in effect. Now, with a new governor, opponents of capital punishment hope that law will be abolished later this year. The Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty on Monday with the support of the League of Women Voters.
- When the War on Drugs was launched in the 1970s, the goal was to stomp out the suppliers of drugs infiltrating U.S. borders. Joseph Brooks, a retired Connecticut police officer, says that “"drug prohibition helps organized crime syndicates grow like throwing gas on a fire." He’ll be speaking at the Westport Rotary at the Inn at Longshore.
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