On Science Daily there is a report of a German study on the harmful effects on non-drinking third persons. This research shows that alcohol was involved with 45.1 percent of traffic fatalities and about 15 percent of the cases of interpersonal violence.
This study is yet another confirmation of our position that the government should discourage the consumption of alcohol as a matter of health and public security policy and that it should be treated like other controlled substances.
Health care is a costly affair and the best method to reduce a nation’s medical expenses, is to prevent its citizens from getting sick in the first place. Therefore space settlements should focus on preventive medicine in their health policies. Continue reading Health policy →
In this document we outline the principles of public policy. These principles are:
- Non-intervention
- self-sufficiency
- equitable society
- permanent education
- localism
Continue reading Principles for Public Policy →
For the establishment of secular, liberal, humanist and republican orbital space settlements
