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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Why Kids With High IQs Are More Likely To Take Drugs

People with high IQs are more likely to smoke marijuana and take other illegal drugs, compared with those who score lower on intelligence tests, according to a new study from the U.K.
"It's counterintuitive," says lead author James White of the Center for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement at Cardiff University in Wales. "It's not what we thought we would find."

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah that's because they never do research and when they actually do...

Bam we found something out... Neat huh... how re search works...

lmclain said...

Having greater powers of reasoning, and not so inclined to fall for the "werewolf" story, or the "stupid" argument, or "gateway to heroin" story, and having probably read news reports of all the people who have used drugs and went on to become President, or astrophysicists, or lawyers, or other smart and successful people, well, they just think for themselves....I recommend it, too (thinking for yourself).