Predicting who's at risk for violence isn't easy

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Still, a combination of risk factors in troubled kids or adults including drug use and easy access to guns can increase the likelihood of violence, experts say. But warning signs "only become crystal clear in the aftermath, said James Alan Fox, a …
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VIDEO: One in Four New HIV Infections are Diagnosed in Youth

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Nationally, the CDC says 9 -12 percent of new HIV cases occur because of IV drug use. In Oregon, 7 percent of HIV cases identified in 2011 were attributed to IV drug use. Portland's harm reduction approach and its needle exchange programs have lowered …
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Mick North on arming teachers: "The idea that because the problem is guns, the …

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These include starvation due to Al Gore's taking food and turning it into fuel. it also includes Obama's use of drones that indiscrimately kill innocent people including many children. Doctors kill thousands, automobiles kill hundreds of thousands …
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