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This is a campaign button from the 1976 presidential election in support of the Prohibition Party’s presidential and vice presidential nominees, Benjamin C. Bubar from Maine and Earl F. Dodge from Colorado. The Prohibition Party is best known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcohol and was integral in the temperance movement. It is the oldest existing third political party in the U.S. After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 it declined rapidly and only earned 518 votes in the 2012 presidential election. Benjamin Bubar was an ordained minister who actively supported the temperance movement. Earl Dodge went on to be the party’s presidential nominee from 1984 to 2000.

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Planned Parenthood is a national organization that delivers reproductive health care and sex education to men and women throughout the world. They have over 650 health centers throughout the U.S. that provide a range of care, including contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, and screening for cervical cancer. Planned Parenthood also advocates for legislation that makes comprehensive reproductive and sexual care and education accessible for all Americans.

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Drug abuse is the misuse of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medicines. It can negatively interfere with the person’s self-control. Drug use can affect the person’s brain, which leads to the person becoming less able to enjoy hobbies such as social activities. Long-term use could also affect the person’s ability to learning, judgment, decision making, stress, memory, and behavior. Drug addiction is unpredictable, as a combination of factors such as genetic, environmental, and developmental factors influences the risk.

Although treatment for drug addiction isn’t curable, it can be manageable. Research shows that patients can recover from drug abuse by combining treatment medicines with behavior therapy. Drug abuse can also be preventable. People can spread awareness to prevent drug abuse by hosting prevention programs through schools, families, communities, and social media. Educating people about the risks of drug use plays a crucial role in preventing drug addiction and abuse.

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The acronym on this button stands for “Stay Off Booze, Enjoy the Road”, but the SOBER acronym is also commonly seen as “slow on the bottle, enjoy the road”. The acronym is used to encourage drivers to not drink and drive; that it is safer to not have any alcohol at all when planning to drive. The upside down car on the button is meant to indicate a car wreck. According to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, the risk of a driver under the influence of alcohol being killed in a vehicle accident is at least eleven times that of drivers without alcohol in their system.

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In 1967 on October 21, thousands protested the war in Vietnam. Nearly 100,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. and more than 50,000 of the protesters marched to the Pentagon to ask to end the conflict. There were rallies and riots as the protesters marched to the Pentagon. Of these protesters 682 people were arrested. Many of these protesters carried signs to demonstrate. One such phrase found on some of the signs was “Save lives, not face.”

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The dove is commonly used as a symbol for peace, but it can also represent love. The dove appears throughout different religions, such as Paganism, Judaism, and Christianity. Doves are also associated with pacifism, or the opposition to war, militarism, or violence. The image of the white dove is portrayed in different designs and styles. For instance, Picasso’s La Colombe (The Dove) is made up of a white dove holding an olive branch. Picasso’s work was chosen as the emblem for the World Peace Congress in Paris in April 1949. 

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This slogan is most commonly associated with the psychedelic drug LSD, but it is unknown where the quote actually originated. LSD played an important part in the 1960s counterculture movement. As use spread from research projects at universities to the street, LSD was credited with expanding the minds of young people who were disillusioned with the status quo.  One of the most well-known proponents of LSD was Dr. Timothy Leary, a Harvard psychology professor who believed that psychedelic drugs could treat a host of mental illnesses. Another figure closely associated with the drug was author Ken Kesey, who traveled the country with his friends (known as The Merry Pranksters) on a school bus as part of a social experiment.

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Chaim Weizmann was a Zionist leader and an Israeli statesman who served as the first president of Israel. He was elected in February 1949 and served until his death in 1952. During his presidency, Weizmann convinced to United States to officially recognize Israel as a newly formed state. Before his political career began, Weizmann was a biochemist who developed the acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation process, which was used by British industries during World War I.

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On November 7, 1977 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) charged the University of Pennsylvania in unfair labor practices concerning campus housekeeping. According to the NLRB, “the University tried to keep the Teamsters Union off campus, fired the workers largely for joining the Teamsters, and failed to bargain with the union in good faith” (Marquez, 1977, p.1). Approximately 200 people attended a meeting to develop a proposal of ideas, and concluded with a rally across campus. The protesters supported the 343 housekeepers who were fired by the University on August 4^th and were “replaced with workers from outside maintenance firms” (Marquez, 1977, p. 1).   

Marquez, Steven A. (1977, November 7). NLRB opinion charges U. with labor law violation. The Daily Pennsylvanian, p. 1. Retrieved from http://www.library.upenn.edu/docs/kislak/dp/1977/1977_11_07.pdf. 

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Proposition 19, also known as the California Marijuana Initiative (CMI), was a ballot initiative on the November 7, 1972 statewide ballot. The official advocacy group for the initiative was “Yes on 19.” If passed, it would have revised California’s laws about marijuana, and would have made it so that no person 18 years of age or older could be punished in any way for growing, processing, transporting, or possessing marijuana. The initiative was defeated by 66.5%, with only 33.5% Yes votes. Supporters argued that the initiative would decriminalization personal use activities, but not legalize marijuana or encourage sales or use.