When Sophie Szew first downloaded Instagram at her 10th birthday party, she was exposed to a flurry of information that “promoted eating disorders,” she told California lawmakers. By 15, she said, she was following “every starvation regimen recommended” by Instagram’s “explore” page. Szew, now 20, spoke in Sacramento at a Senate hearing in April in […]
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Just Because You’re Paranoid
Last week your author mentioned that several recent studies indicate marijuana use can cause problems with teenagers’ developing brains, lowering IQs of chronic users during their transition to adulthood. It’s easy to point out that highly successful people have confessed to marijuana use in their formative years — world leaders, captains of industry, artists, actors […]