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IS A NEW REPORT OUT ON THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN ATTITUDES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TEENS AND PARENTS. WHAT IS THE ATTITUDE YOU ARE FINDING? GUEST:...
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| 00:00:41 |
GUEST, -
THE SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN AN INCREASE OR DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A TEEN WOULD SMOKE, DRINK OR USE ILLEGAL DRUGS. THIS YEAR, WE TALKED...
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| 00:01:35 |
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NUMBER RISES TO 58% WHERE THERE'S GANGS IN SCHOOLS. GUEST: THOSE ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE DRUGS. WE DID OUR FOCUS GROUPS.
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| 00:01:49 |
GUEST, -
I WAS MAKING A PRESENTATION ON HOW TO RAISE A DRUG-FREE KID. THEY ALL ASKED ABOUT GANGS. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY...
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| 00:02:37 |
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USE? GUEST: MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DRINK AND SMOKE AND USE MARIJUANA AND BE IN A CULTURE WHERE A LOT OF THEIR FRIENDS
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| 00:02:47 |
GUEST, -
ARE USING DRUGS LIKE COCAINE AND METH. IMAGINE IF YOU CAME C-SPANS EVERYDAY AND EVERYDAY YOU HAD GANGS AND DRUGS AND PEOPLE OFFERING YOU DRUGS EVERYDAY....
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| 00:03:35 |
GUEST, -
72 REPORTS ON OUR WEBSITE WITH ALL KINDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS. HOST: WE'LL PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN. THE SCHOOLS HAVE GOT TO FOCUS ON GETTING DRUGS
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| 00:03:55 |
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AND GANGS OUT. IF THERE'S ASBESTOS IS IN A COOL, PARENTS WOULD SAY, WE ARE NOT SENDING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL UNTIL THAT IS OUT. PARENTS HAVE TO FEEL...
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| 00:04:27 |
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IN SCHOOLS? GUEST: I HAVE TORNADO IDEA. MY HUNCH IS VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
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| 00:04:37 |
GUEST, -
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST SURVEY EVER TO DO THIS KIND OF AN ANALYSIS AND ASK THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS. THIS GANG PROBLEM IS VERY MUCH A PUBLIC SCHOOL...
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| 00:05:06 |
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46% OF PUBLIC STUDENTS SAID THERE ARE GANGS IN THEIR SCHOOLS. 2% OF
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| 00:05:14 |
GUEST, -
PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 6% OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS SAY THERE ARE DRUGS. 27% SAID THERE ARE BOTH GANGS AND DRUGS, NOT ONE SINGLE PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENT...
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| 00:05:54 |
GUEST, -
WHOLE ISSUE OF FAMILY BONDS. WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE FAMILY TIES. WHERE FAMILY TIES ARE STRONG. WE MEASURED THIS WITH A HOST OF QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT IS YOUR...
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| 00:07:25 |
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FUNDING? CALLER: OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION OF HEALTH. WE HAVE ABOUT 65 PEOPLE.
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| 00:07:35 |
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WE DO PUBLIC POLICY REPORTS. A LOT OF STUDIES, TESTING EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDYING THE HELP FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON WELFARE, HOMELESS ISSUES AND...
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| 00:08:31 |
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ASK IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY
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| 00:08:33 |
CALLER, -
RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIC OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN IN MY OWN FAMILY. MY AUNT DIED AT THE AGE OF 48 YEARS OLD OF AN ACCIDENTAL...
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| 00:09:21 |
GUEST, -
REVEAL THEED PROBLEM TO THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN FIND IT ON THAT WEBSITE, THE ENTIRE STUDY AS WELL AS SUMMARIES OF IT. IT SHOWED A GREAT INCREASE...
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| 00:10:30 |
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SCHOOL GROUNDS. 32% IN 2010. FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS, 66% IN 2010. A GRADUAL INCREASE SINCE 2006. IS THAT NUMBER RELATED TO A COMPONENT OF THAT? GUEST:...
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| 00:10:58 |
GUEST, -
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 23 TO 32%. WE ARE TALKING 12 AND 13-YEAR-OLD KIDS SAYING THEY ARE ATTENDING SCHOOLS WHERE DRUGS ARE USED KEPT OR SOLD. THE TERRIBLE...
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| 00:12:16 |
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TO GET THESE TYPES OF SUBSTANCES, CIGARETTES IS THE HIGHEST FOLLOWED BY BEER AND MARIJUANA AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOLLOWS THAT AS WELL. GOING TO THE...
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| 00:12:42 |
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A BIGGER PROBLEM. IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN PRISON, IT'S BANKRUPTING OUR STATE. AT THE SIM TIME, WE HAVE DRUG COMPANIES...
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| 00:13:23 |
GUEST, -
MAJOR ANALYSIS. ABOUT 80% OF THE PRISON POPULATION ARE INVOLVED WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. BY THAT, I MEAN, THEY WERE HIGH AT THE TIME THEY COMMITTED...
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| 00:14:52 |
HOST, -
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| 00:14:56 |
GUEST, -
LITTLE OFF ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT WHITE AMERICANS. THEY ABUSE METHAMPHETAMINE MORE THAN ANY OTHER DRUG. YOU ARE NOT SAYING ABOUT EUROPEAN-AMERICANS...
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| 00:15:49 |
GUEST, -
GET A LOT OF HEADLINES ARE A TINY PART OF THE PROBLEM. THE DRUG THAT DOES THE MOST DAMAGE BY FAR FOR KIDS WHETHER EUROPEAN, WHITES OR BLACKS IS ALCOHOL...
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| 00:17:02 |
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THAT GOVERNMENT POLICY AS
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| 00:17:04 |
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IT RELATES TO PARENTS AND GANGS, DO THEY EXTEND THAT IF THE PARENTS ARE OFF WORKING LONG HOURS AND NOT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS AND THE GANGS...
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| 00:18:14 |
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HAVE TRIED TRIED ALCOHOL AND MARYJANE. THE PERCENT JUMPS UP WITH WEAK FAMILY TIES. GUEST: EXACTLY. THERE IS NO QUESTION BUT THAT FAMILY TIES IMPORTANT.
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| 00:18:33 |
GUEST, -
HAVING TIME WITH YOUR KIDS IMPORTANT. IN TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION AROUND THE COUNTRY. THERE WERE GANGS IN SUBURBAN AREAS AND ALL KINDS OF AREAS AND ...
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| 00:19:49 |
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AND DRUG PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED ABOUT THE WHITE POPULATION. IN THE SUBURBS NOW, KIDS ARE DRINKING MORE ALCOHOL. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALSO TAKING...
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| 00:20:36 |
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IT FROM. 76% SAID FROM FRIENDS, CLASSMATES, 25% SAID A DEALER, 3% FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. CALLER: THAT IS AN INTERESTING NOTE YOU PUT DOWN. 76% THAT THEY...
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| 00:20:55 |
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WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? MOST OF THE DRUGS ARE COMING FROM DEALERS THAT ARE NOT OF MINORITY BACKGROUND. WHY ISN'T THERE A CRISIS AMONG THE YOUNG, WHITE...
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| 00:21:32 |
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AND INCLUDING THE AFFLUENT POPULATION THAT HAS THE MONEY TO BUY IT. ONE OF THE THINGS HAPPENING, WE ASKED PARENTS THAT SAID WOULD YOU SUPPOSE PORLT A...
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| 00:22:27 |
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FROM SOME DEALER IN A LOUSY CLASSMATES. THE MESSAGE HERE IS PARENTS, KNOW YOUR KIDS' FRIENDS. OF THOSE KIDS, DO YOUR PARENTS KNOW THE FRIEND? THE...
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| 00:23:05 |
HOST, -
LIKE MARIJUANA -- THAT DRUG IS WIDELY AVAILABLE. IT'S AVAILABLE
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| 00:23:12 |
GUEST, -
EVER WHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU CAN SEE IN THE RESPONSE. I NOTE THAT WHERE THERE ARE GANGS, A HIGHER PERCENTAGE CAN GET IT IN AN HOUR THAN A DAY. HOST:...
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| 00:23:42 |
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USE TEXAS MESSAGING. 57% SAY TALKING TO FACE-TO-FACE. CALLER: I WORKED IN THE FIELD FOR MANY YEARS IN ILLINOIS. SOMETHING THAT ISN'T
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| 00:23:58 |
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ADDRESSED . . . I HAVE WORKED IN THE MIDDLE CAULFIELD FOR MANY YEARS -- IN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR MANY YEARS. HOST: ALL RIGHT TO ACCURATE AND JOSEPH CALIFANO?...
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| 00:25:09 |
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BECOME PREGNANT, ONE OR MORE ARE
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| 00:25:13 |
GUEST, -
HIGH AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTION. NUMBER TWO, WE KNOW THAT USING DRUGS AND DRINKING DURING PREGNANCY HAS A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE FETUS AND THE TITLE OF...
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| 00:26:11 |
CALLER, -
GUEST: YOU SHOULD TELL MY WIFE THAT. [LAUGHTER] CALLER: I WILL EVEN PUT IT IN WRITING. NO, MY EXPERIENCE WHEN
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| 00:26:23 |
CALLER, -
I WAS 18 -- I AM 59 NOW -- WAS I WAS A WILD KID WHEN I WAS 18. I WAS THE PURVEYOR OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. I WAS INVITED TO THIS PARTY WERE THERE WERE...
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| 00:27:50 |
GUEST, -
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN 20 YEARS OF RESEARCH AT CASA IS IF A CHILD CAN GET THROUGH AGE 21 WITHOUT SMOKING, WITHOUT OF USING ILLEGAL...
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| 00:29:35 |
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A LOT TO SAY, AND NO THANKS TO THE MEDIA, AND HIGH INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. A LOT OF
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| 00:29:42 |
CALLER, -
CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP TOO FAST. IT IS THOSE LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE US ALL DO WHAT WE DO. BUT WE ALL DO DIFFERENT THINGS IN LIFE. I JUST WANTED...
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| 00:30:52 |
GUEST, -
AND DRINK ARE LIKELY TO SMOKE POT AND KIDS WHO ARE LIKELY TO DO ALL THREE WILL USE -- ARE LIKELY TO USE COCAINE AND HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINES. MOST...
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| 00:32:02 |
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CALLER: I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS, YOU ARE SETTING ALL OF THESE NUMBERS -- AND I'M
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| 00:32:10 |
CALLER, -
CURIOUS [UNINTELLIGIBLE] GUEST: THE ME TO SPEAK TO THE SURVEY. THE SURVEY WAS ACTUALLY TWO SURVEYS THIS YEAR. EACH
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| 00:32:25 |
GUEST, -
ONE WAS 1000 TEENAGERS WITH AN ERROR MARGIN RATE OF 3.1. THE SURVEY OF PARENTS WAS ABOUT 500 PARENTS WITH AN ERROR RATE OF 4.1. THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS....
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| 00:32:58 |
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FROM 1970, THEY ARE THAT BAD. FIRST, TATP DOES NOT KILL. OF ALL SKILLS. >> COCAINE KILLS. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS KILL ORDAZ -- FIRST, THC
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| 00:33:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DOES NOT KILL. COCAINE KILLS. ALCOHOL KILLS. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS KILL. I WOULD RATHER MY TEENAGER USE THC THAN ANY OTHER DRUG. GUEST: THC IS THE POTENCY...
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| 00:33:36 |
GUEST, -
DRINKING ALCOHOL AND YOU ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS TREND -- BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE LIKELIHOOD OF DESTROYING IT LIFE IS JUST A GREAT -- ARE DESTROYING A LIFE...
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| 00:34:15 |
CALLER, -
MR. NORQUIST, YOU CAN REALLY KNOW IF THIS IS THIS? BUT YOUR SIDING ARE ACCURATE. YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT -- THAT THE STATISTICS YOU ARE SIDING ARE ACCURATE....
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| 00:34:36 |
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HAVE MARIJUANA IS A GOOD IDEA, GIVEN THEIR LEVEL OF MATURITY? CALLER: I DO NOT SO MUCH THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE -- TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO HAVE...
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| 00:34:49 |
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IDEA TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO EVADE -- TO ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THEY WILL NATURALLY ENGAGE IN AND NOT CREATE THIS ATMOSPHERE OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION THAT DOES...
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| 00:35:14 |
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TRYING MARIJUANA, TAKING MARIJUANA, AND BUYING MARIJUANA? CALLER: NOT SO MUCH. I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP IN WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT
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| 00:35:24 |
CALLER, -
THERE IS IMMINENT DANGER, AND IN HARM, AND ACTUAL ACT ON THE PART OF ANOTHER PERSON TO COMMIT HARM, NOT ON BEATER'S THAT PEOPLE TAKE PART IN. HOST:...
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| 00:35:40 |
HOST, -
SAME QUESTION AGAIN AND AGAIN. I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT MARIJUANA TODAY IS A DANGEROUS DRUG. AS
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| 00:35:46 |
GUEST, -
I SAID, WE HAVE MORE TEENAGERS IN TREATMENT FOR MARIJUANA WHO ARE ON ALL SUBSTANCES COMBINED. YOU CAN SERVE A TEEN-AGER'S ANNUAL GET ANSWERS ALL OVER...
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| 00:36:56 |
CALLER, -
TO OTHER DRUGS. DON'T YOU THINK THAT IS BECAUSE MOST DRUGS ARE LUMPED TOGETHER? DON'T YOU THINK THAT A KID IS GOING TO TRY MARIJUANA AND SAY, HEY, IT...
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| 00:37:28 |
GUEST, -
KIDS TO SMOKE AND DRINK WERE LIKELIER TO USE MARIJUANA. KIDS WHO SMOKE, DRINK, AND USE MARIJUANA WERE MORE LIKELY TO USE OTHER DRUGS. STATISTICALLY,...
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| 00:39:22 |
HOST, -
ABOUT IT WHILE WE SHOW THIS. GUEST: KIDS WHO HAVE NEVER SMOKED A
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| 00:39:27 |
HOST, -
NICOTINE CIGARETTE,
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| 00:39:31 |
GUEST, -
ONLY 5% WHO HAD NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE TRIED MARIJUANA, COMPARED TO 61% OF KIDS TO SMOKE NICOTINE CIGARETTES, THEY HAD TRIED MARIJUANA. THERE ARE...
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| 00:40:13 |
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OUR FINANCIAL REGULATIO SERIES HERE ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"." >> IN HIS NINTH 5:00 PM EASTERN TIME. JOBLESS NUMBERS ARE JUST IN. JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE
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| 00:40:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LAST WEEK BRINGING THE TOTAL BENEFITS TO THE HALF-MILLION MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST FOREVER. IT IS A SIGN THAT EMPLOYERS ARE CUTTING JOBS AGAIN....
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