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Daily Policy Digest
Tuesday, January 29, 2002

	User fees reduced drug approval times by more than half; but it took federal regulators nearly six months longer to approve some drugs in 2001....
WALL STREET JOURNAL
	Civil libertarians are concerned about closed meetings on security at the state and local level....
USA TODAY
	Marijuana may be addictive for some, say scientists, although withdrawal symptoms are relatively mild....
NEW YORK TIMES
	Amtrak lost $1.1 billion last year, and critics say privatization is the only way to save it....
WASHINGTON POST/WALL STREET JOURNAL
	It is harder to make up early losses in some "529" college-savings plans, say observers, because they invest an increasing proportion in bonds....
WALL STREET JOURNAL
	People will punish cheaters even when it costs them money, experiments have found; but their "sacrifice" increases social cooperation....
NATURE/NEW YORK TIMES
	Initiatives to limit tax and spending save $16 per capita per year, says a researcher, while limits passed by legislatures increase spending....
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