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Underage Drinking Declining in America
February 10, 2022 RNHA News Articles Robert Cross

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), alcohol, is the number one substance abused by individuals under the age of 21. The most common form of drink of is binge drinking by underage students (4 drinks at a time for females and 5 drinks at a time for males). Underage drinking is among the
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A Decline in Marijuana Use by Students in 2021
December 22, 2021 Latest,Local Politics,RNHA News Articles Robert Cross

A recent trend in research shows students marijuana use decreased in the United States, since the early 2000s. In 2016, teen marijuana use went from 47% in the 1970s to 44%. According to the CDC, in 2019 the percent of students that reported marijuana use dropped to 37% with 225 still using marijuana in the
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What’s In BIONTECH’s Covid-19 Vaccine?
December 28, 2020 Local Politics,RNHA News Articles Diane Rivera López

BIONTECH, a company based out of Germany, partially developed the new Sar’s-2-COVID-19 vaccines using a controversial new technology using technology mRNA messengers(Messengers that carry genetic technology). In traditional vaccines, inject a dead strain of the virus into an individual, which triggers your body’s immune system to attack the dead virus and develop antibodies. The new COVID-19
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How Are Covid-19 Deaths Being Counted?
May 12, 2020 Local Politics,RNHA News Articles Robert Cross

The CDC’s Provisional Death Count for the Coronavirus is considered to be a reliable source for accurate death rates from the Coronavirus, but a discrepancy in the numbers from CDC reports fuels claims that the Coronavirus Pandemic is being inflated out of proportion. The discrepancy lies between the CDC’s “Cases in the US” post updated
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