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CDC: Teens now favor pot over cigarettes
A study released Friday (PDF) by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that in 2011, for the first time ever, more American teens were smoking marijuana than cigarettes. The CDC’s annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey tracks drug abuse, among other potential destructive behaviors, by surveying high school students across…
CDC denies rumors of zombie apocalypse
A man in Miami chews the face off another man, allegedly while under some kind of drug-induced psychosis. Another man in New Jersey goes insane and slices his belly open, then throws his own intestines at police. Yet another man in Maryland admits to eating his roommate’s heart and brain. A…
“Abstinence only” doesn’t work. No, really!
I’ve been hearing all over the place that the Centers for Disease Control are reporting that teen pregnancy rates have dropped like crazy, to their lowest levels since 1946: “There has been a phenomenal drop in the last two years,” said report lead author Brady Hamilton, a statistician with the…
Study: U.S. teens opting for pot over booze, cigarettes
Use of two of the most deadly and addictive substances known to man is on the downswing among American teens as they increasingly turn to marijuana, a study published Thursday claimed. Among high school seniors, marijuana use is at a 30-year high, with 1 in 15 saying they use the…
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