Social Issues

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FILE - In this file photo made Dec. 8, 2009, a carton of Newport cigarettes are seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Friday, March 18, 2011, the removal of menthol cigarettes from the U.S. market would benefit public health. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

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Exiled Tibetans light candles to honor the monk who set himself on fire in protest against China's government. (Associated Press)

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The black vinyl interior is just as the current owner remembered. (Bill O'Brien/The Washington Times)

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Raymond Clark III (right), a former animal research technician at Yale University, pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 17, 2011, to the murder and sexual assault of Yale graduate student Annie Le (left) in 2009. (AP Photo)

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Rep. Jackie Speier, California Democrat, talks with TV actress Lauren Potter (right) during a congressional briefing Wednesday on bullying children with special needs. Miss Potter has Down syndrome. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Congresswoman Cathy Morris Rodger (R-Wash.), left, thanks Isma'il Clayton, 13, who has Asperger's Syndrome, and Lauren Potter, an actress on the show Glee, who has Down Syndrome, for sharing their experiences and stories about being teased about being different during a Congressional briefing on the Bullying of Children with Special Needs on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. The congresswoman herself is the parent of a special needs child. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Lauren Potter, an actress on the show Glee, has a quiet conversation with Rep. Cathy Morris Rodger (R-Wash.) during a Congressional briefing on the Bullying of Children with Special Needs on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Ms. Potter, who has Down Syndrome, spoke about her experiences being teased when she was little and about being a positive role model now. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), (far left), answers questions during the Congressional briefing on Bullying of Children with Special Needs on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 while Isma'il Clayton, 13, who suffers from Asberger's Syndrome, Lauren Potter, an actress on the show "Glee" who has Down Syndrome, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who herself has a child with special needs, look on. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times

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Isma'il Clayton, 13, and his father Kyle talk about Isma'il's experiences being bullied by his classmates because of his Asperger's Syndrome during a Congressional briefing on Bullying of Children with Special Needs Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Mr. Clayton is demanding a zero-tolerance policy on bullying in schools. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Lauren Potter, an actress on the show Glee, talks about her experiences being teased when she was younger because she has Down Syndrome during a Congressional briefing Wednesday, March 16, 2011 on the Bullying of Children with Special Needs while her mom Robin Sinkhorn looks on. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) leans over to talk to Lauren Potter, an actress on the show Glee, during a Congressional briefing on Bullying of Children with Special Needs on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Ms. Potter, who has Down Syndrome, spoke about her experiences growing up and being teased. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Robin Sinkhorn embraces her daughter Lauren Potter following Potter's statement at a Congressional briefing on Bullying of Children with Special Needs on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Potter, an actress on the show Glee, who has Down Syndrome, spoke about her experiences growing up and being teased. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** This Oct. 24, 2001, file photo shows the death chamber at the state prison in Jackson, Ga. Georgia has canceled all executions after federal drug agents seized its supply of a sedative used in lethal injections. The drug has been criticized by activists who oppose capital punishment and by death-row inmates, including one whose lawyers called the British exporter of the drug a "fly-by-night supplier." (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

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Anthony Semerano, 10, from Montreal, holds up a placard in front of a statue of hockey legend Maurice Richard during a protest against violence in hockey and a call for tougher sanctions from the NHL for hits to the head, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in Montreal. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)