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Smarter Kids May Be Experimenting More with Drugs — Health Check
A new study of 8,000 kids published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health finds those who had high IQs were more likely to use certain illicit drugs as they aged. Smarter girls in particular may tend to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs later on.
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Fatty and Sugary Foods May Be as Addictive as Cocaine and Cigarettes
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting fatty and sugary foods rewire the brain in the same way drugs like cocaine and nicotine do, leading to addiction.
In recent studies, lab animals who have been fed a diet of sugary and fatty snacks show the classic signs of addiction, and brain scans of obese humans show the same disturbances in their reward circuits as the brains that are found in drug addicts.
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Half of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana — Survey of the Day
According to a new Gallup poll, 50 percent of American adults favor legalizing marijuana, the highest percentage in Gallup’s 42-year history of asking that question. Forty-six percent of Americans believe marijuana should remain illegal.
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Couple Busted in Colorado With $10 Million Worth of Cocaine
Today’s lesson in drug smuggling: obey the traffic laws, make sure your license is valid, and get your story straight.
So learned Mark Bailey and Lisa Calderon, a California couple arrested in Pueblo, Colorado on Sunday after it was discovered they had some $10 million worth of cocaine in the trunk of their rented car.
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Missing Amazon Tribe Likely Overrun by Drug Smugglers
Several months ago, aerial photos taken of a previously-unknown tribe in the Amazon rainforest captured imaginations and got a lot of people talking.
The tribe has since vanished, and now Brazilian authorities are worried cocaine smugglers are responsible for its disappearance.