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Discusses the author's coverage of the drug crisis in the United States for a magazine. Comments on what irresponsible drug stories had done to other magazines; Information on the drug abuse trends in the United States; Suggestion that various publications have overplayed the drug problem in the United States; Popularity of marijuana in the United States.

Compares the political administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former President Jimmy Carter. Logical approach to foreign policy; Advocacy of Reagan and Carter for arms control; Statement that Carter's presidency was being favorably reconsidered by the media; Views of Reagan on the presidency of Carter; Difference in approaches of both the Presidents in dealing with Iran; Opinion that Carter practiced the policy of not dealing with terrorists that Reagan only preaches; Information that Carter oversaw the deregulation in the airline, banking, railroad, trucking and oil industries; Imposition of a grain embargo on the Soviet Union by Carter; Condemnation of this move by Reagan.

Reports on the study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences on teenage pregnancy in the U.S. Debate on how to reduce the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States; Distribution of contraceptives in public schools; Effects of teenage pregnancy on young lives; Information on the Hopkins-run birth-control clinic, located across the street from one school and nearby another, reduced the pregnancy rate in the schools it served by 30 percent while pregnancy rates in control schools soared 58 percent.

Focuses on contributions made by the Boston, Massachusetts-based foundation Haymarket People's Fund, towards social welfare in the United States. Information on the foundation's origin; Amount of money donated annually by various foundations for social causes; Statement made by Haymarket's founder George Pillsbury on how the foundation works.