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Study Finds Alcohol, Not Marijuana, Is the Biggest Gateway Drug For Teens 459

Posted by Soulskill from the can-of-worms dept.
An anonymous reader writes with news of a study out of the University of Florida which found that alcohol is the biggest "gateway" drug, the use of which increases the likelihood of other drug use. Quoting: "In the sample of students, alcohol also represented the most commonly used substance, with 72.2 percent of students reporting alcohol consumption at some point in their lifetime. Comparatively, 45 percent of students reported using tobacco, and 43.3 percent cited marijuana use. In addition, the drug use documented found that substance use typically begins with the most socially acceptable drugs, such as alcohol and cigarettes, then proceeds to marijuana use and finally to other illegal, harder drugs. Moreover, the study showed that students who used alcohol exhibited a significantly greater likelihood — up to 16 times — of licit and illicit substance use."

Comment Re:MS kinda overstepped its bounds on this one. (Score 1) 448

by Gyles (#29791373) Attached to: Firefox Disables Microsoft<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET Addon

Extensions get automatically disabled when they exceed the "maxversion" value, this is so they don't end up trying to work in an environment they are not designed for. Current extensions might say 3.5.*, so they'll be disabled when Firefox 4 comes out. They should then update the extension to work with the new version of FF.

maxversion 9.*.* essentially means never disable me.
Science

New Type of Superconductivity Spotted 71

Posted by Soulskill from the hard-to-resist dept.
sciencehabit writes with this excerpt from a story about research into an unusual form of superconductivity:"Superconductors, materials that carry electricity without resistance, can be divided into two broad groups depending on how they react to a magnetic field — or so physicists thought. New experiments show that one well-studied superconductor actually belongs to both groups at the same time. The advance may not immediately lead to new gadgets and applications, but it suggests that superconductivity, which has already netted four Nobel Prizes, may be an even richer phenomenon than previously thought."

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