Other studies cited by the paper also undermine their points. But according to the Industry Standard , the average Internet worker is 33, and two thirds are over 30. He or she would have received more drug education and anti-drug messages than ever before in history. In fact, the death of a tech worker spotlighted in the first part of the series is a testament to the harm caused by the drug war itself. But what he really died of was ignorance if his death was indeed as the New York City medical examiner's office concluded, unintentional.
Pharmacologists know that mixing downs is a good recipe for coma and death.
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