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He points out that Weld favors legalizing marijuana for "medical purposes" (which conservatives place on the slippery slope toward complete legalization), favors providing addicts with clean needles (to prevent the spread of AIDS), and that he prosecuted few drug cases as a U.S. attorney.
Further on, where the slope flattens out
Construction of inspiratory and expiratory P-V curves allowed: determination of opening pressure (Pop), static respiratory compliance (Crs) calculated as the slope of the curve between 500-1000 ml, and quasi-static respiratory compliance (Cqs), obtained by dividing the V T by the corresponding airway pressure.
Although a few critics find it too heavy with "only-in-the-movies claptrap" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ), most praise the film because "it never slides down that slippery slope of sap that you keep expecting" (Jami Bernard, New York Daily News ). (Find out about the young-adult novel that is the basis for this film.)
If there is something new in the writings of Kelly and other cyberprophets, it is the fact that they don't just predict a future in which the curves slope the wrong way, they endorse it.