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The most shocking thing in that article is that the US-wide suicide rate for 15-19 year olds has increased by 11% in a year. When your kids are killing themsel
by madaxe_again 12y ago
The most shocking thing in that article is that the US-wide suicide rate for 15-19 year olds has increased by 11% in a year.
When your kids are killing themselves in increasing numbers... you have to wonder if your society is really as healthy and wonderful as you like to think it is.
- neoeldex 12y agoThis article is misleading. Im not agains mariuana, but still. These numbers are distorted. F.i, there isn't a 20% drop of overdose in CA, its only -0.6%. In the US its +0.1%. There is no 11% increase, the 11% is the % increase of the percentage of suicides. In ca, the increase in suicides is 0.5%. And in the rest of the US it is also 0.5%. Really think hard when seeing numbers, you're fooled easily.
- madaxe_again 12y agoWhen telling others they're fooled easily, do check your assertions first, otherwise you look like an ass! 7.8/100,000 -> 8.7/100,000 is an 11% uptick in the number of deaths by suicide. I'm not saying that that's even remotely related to weed. There is a 20% drop in overdose - that's not -0.6% no matter how you shake it - that's -0.6 deaths per 100k - which in absolute terms means the OD rate per cap has shifted from 0.003% to 0.0024% - so actually a 0.0006% change in the overall rate - but a 20% delta. It's -23.3% for 2010 -> 2012.