Some addicts hooked on opioids such as OxyContin and Percocet turn to heroin when they lose access to prescription pills. Heroin, far cheaper than pills, is available through networks that source it from Mexico and Colombia.
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The U.S. now has 2.3 billion square feet of self-storage space, constituting more than 7 square feet for every citizen.
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One in six roofers suffers an injury each year. The least risky profession: Legal services.
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Fifteen years ago, there was little resource exploitation on the ocean floor. Now 460,000 sq. mi. (1.2 million sq km) of sea bottom is under contract to mining operations.
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Percentage of U.S. children in 1960 who lived in households headed by heterosexuals in their first marriage: 73 Who do today: 46
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Americans own nearly 300 million firearms, a new national study found. This translates to nearly nine guns for every 10 people, a per capita ownership rate nearly 50 percent higher than any other country’s.
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Ninety-five percent of all economic gains in the U.S. since the Great Recession went to the top 1 percent.
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“I am about to do what old people have done throughout history,” said Joel Stein in Time: “Call those younger than me lazy, entitled, selfish, and shallow.” But this time, I have factual proof. The Millennial generation—the 80 million Americans born between 1980 and 2000—is the most self-absorbed one yet, having been shaped by digital technology, overprotective baby boomer parents, […]
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JetBlue said it would offer a chance to win free, round-trip tickets to other countries for disgusted customers whose preferred presidential candidate loses the election. The company is planning to give away more than 1,000 tickets.
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The European Space Agency’s incoming director general, Jan Worner, wants to build a village on the moon. Other nations have similarly out-of-this-world ambitions: Japan Launched a probe to mine an asteroid in 2018 China Plans to build a huge solar-power station in space Russia Hopes to send probes to Jupiter, Mars and Venus India Is exploring sending a rocket to […]
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