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The milk consumption debate is now updated to ProCon’s top 3 pros and cons format, complete with a history of milk consumption and all of the informative nonpartisan resources you’ve come to rely on ProCon for.

Massachusetts voters approved a measure on Nov. 8, 2022, and Rhode Island lawmakers passed a measure in June 2022.

The two states join 19 other states and DC where the drug is legal for adult use.

Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam champion currently ranked #9, was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Oct. 21, 2022 following a positive test for roxadustat during the US Open. She faces up to a four-year ban from tennis.

According to The Sentencing Project, about 4.6 million Americans, or 2% of the US population, with felony convictions are unable to vote because of state restrictions on voting. 48 states have some sort of restriction on voting for those with felony convictions, with state-level disenfranchisement ranging from 0.15% in Massachusetts to more than 8% in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

In a 2022 report, the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher Institute found that between 36 to 47 abortions were performed per 1,000 women (ages 15-49) yearly in countries where abortion is broadly legal. In countries where abortion is banned, between 31 and 51 abortions were performed per 1,000 women (ages 15-49) yearly.

During the 2022 fiscal year (Oct. 01, 2021 to Sep. 30, 2022), US Customs and Border Patrol apprehended a record 2.3 migrants at the southern US border, surpassing the 1.7 million apprehended in FY2021 by 37%.

Polls are split as to whether Americans would like to keep DST or Standard Time, but no one seems to like changing the clocks twice a year. Where do you stand?

The National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend about $10.6 billion on Halloween in 2022, which would break the 2021 record of $10.1 billion. 69% of Americans are predicted to collectively spend $3.6 billion on costumes, $3.1 billion on candy, $3.4 billion on decorations, and $0.6 billion on greeting cards in 2022.

Between Apr. 28, 2021, and Oct. 17, 2022, the survey garnered 16,978 responses. See what ProCon readers think about the internet.

The White House Twitter account added, “Additionally, @POTUS asked @SecBecerra and the Attorney General to initiate the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Marijuana is currently classified at the same level as heroin – and above fentanyl.”

On Oct. 5, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the July 2021 court decision that DACA is illegal. The court stayed the decision and sent the case back to the Federal District Court in Houston. The Biden Administration confirmed it will continue to defend DACA.

Explore nationwide and state-level polls on medical marijuana support and disapproval from 2000 through 2022.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated the plan will cost $400 billion over 30 years.

According to the Sentencing Project, “[p]rivate prisons incarcerated 99,754 American residents in 2020, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 14%.