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rangerrebew

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More Teens Dying, With Drugs and Violence to Blame
« on: June 01, 2018, 03:24:41 pm »
More Teens Dying, With Drugs and Violence to Blame
 

FRIDAY, June 1, 2018 -- A perfect storm of murder, addiction and carelessness has fueled a recent and troubling increase in deaths among U.S. children and teens, a new government report shows.

The total death rate for those aged 10 to 19 rose 12 percent between 2013 and 2016, mostly due to an increase in deaths from accidental injury, homicide and suicide, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

https://www.drugs.com/news/more-teens-dying-violence-blame-74683.html
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Re: More Teens Dying, With Drugs and Violence to Blame
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2018, 01:06:44 am »
I know this will sound callous, but...
... it's natural selection at work.
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Re: More Teens Dying, With Drugs and Violence to Blame
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2018, 01:19:57 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on June 02, 2018, 01:06:44 am
I know this will sound callous, but...
... it's natural selection at work.

No, it just sounds ill-informed. 
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