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Sex Drugs and Texting

Posted by samzenpus on from the busy-hands-are-happy-hands dept.

statesman writes "The Associated Press reports that teens who text frequently are three and a half times more likely to have sex. A survey of 4,200 public high school students in the Cleveland area found that one in five students sent more than 120 text messages a day or spent more than 3 hours a day on Facebook. Students in this group were much more likely to have sex. Alcohol and drug use also correlate with frequent texting and heavy Facebook use."

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  1. Re:Shocking... by RsG · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Seriously. "Promiscuity linked to sociability among teenagers, news at 11!"

    The only thing different about this and the circumstances that were true when I went through high school is the tech angle. Predictably, this will appeal to the Luddite crowd, which means depressingly it probably will make the news.

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