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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by thfuran on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:29AM (#35452336)
>but even more damaging with life long effects on that person.

I suspect heroin has caused considerably more felony convictions and fatal overdoses then any social media platform.

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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by nervousvarun on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:50AM (#35453251)
heroin would definitely lead social media in the "fatal overdoses" department...unless you categorize suicide as "fatal overdose".
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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by thfuran on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:57AM (#35453363)
About twice as many people die from drug overdoses as from suicide in the US. Not all of those ODs are heroin, but surely not all suicides are caused by social media.
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Re:The Case for Banning Children from Social Media by foobarian on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:55AM (#35453336)
> I suspect heroin has led

Well, what else are you gonna do when all your "friends" are more beautiful than you, than shoot up and forget about life for a while?

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