Blank-check preferred is usually used as a takeover defense and hedge-fund managers typically want to take this weapon away.

FORBES: Judge Blocks Apple Vote On Preferred Stock -- Do Shareholders Win Or Lose?

President Barack Obama said this month he would "take no options off the table" to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

WSJ: Iran Buying Wheat, Fearing More Curbs

The primary weapon: pumping more money into public-service advertisements that urge young people not to take up this lethal habit.

FORBES: Fact and Comment