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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • “Accidental deaths ranked No. 1 for people ages 18 to 25 in 2023, and firearms were the “leading mechanism,” according to the CDC. … CDC data showed accidents, followed by suicide and homicide, were the leading causes of death among people ages 18 to 25. These categories all include firearm-related deaths. Brian Tsai, a CDC spokesperson, told PolitiFact that although the agency does not rank firearm deaths as a leading cause of death because they occur across categories, “our data does show that firearms are the leading mechanism of injury mortality.””

    Also interesting: “PolitiFact queried the CDC’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System for data on the most recent injury deaths for ages 18 to 25. In 2023, firearms were the mechanism that accounted for the most deaths in that age group, at 8,086. For ages 24 and 25, drug poisoning was the top cause.”

    Does it say that gang related violence is “driving” the numbers? What do you mean by driving anyway? The article says accidental deaths are the top category




















  • Colombia is forced to fight this war against cocaine farmers and traffickers, the government against its own people. If Colombia doesn’t continue this war the US will force all of its trading partners into a trade embargo and Colombia will be shut off from the rest of the world. The Colombian president is trying to ease the pressure and bring light to the situation. His statement about the illegality because it comes from South America is valid, although possibly not 100% verifiable. We have an opiate crisis going on in the US, driven by big pharma, people are pushed to get prescriptions they don’t need. It’s still legal, nobody went to jail for selling oxycontin and all that other shit. The war on drugs was always a war on counter culture and minorities.