Social media may make kids more likely to drink, smoke, do drugs, study says

Have you heard? Social media is ruining our lives! Or maybe it’s making them better? Could there be, perchance, some mystical middle ground?While that debate rages on, here is a score in the social-media-may-be-harmful category. Using sites, such as Facebook and Myspace, makes teens more likely to drink, use illegal drugs and buy tobacco, according to a study from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/social-media-makes-kids-more-likely-to-drink-do-drugs-study-says/2011/08/24/gIQAbzFZbJ_blog.html

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