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Where you live may increase risk factors for asthma

Along with the usual risk factors for asthma such as smoking and poverty, researchers have added another factor that may contribute: a neighborhood where people live in fear.

1 Jun 2004

Racial differences in treatment of back pain

A UC Riverside study found that African-Americans and Latinos seeking treatment for back pain were prescribed pain relievers less often than were white patients.

24 May 2004

20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison

Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to new study.

20 May 2004

Study suggest that decriminalization of marijuana does not lead to increased drug use

In the first rigorous study comparing marijuana use in the Netherlands and the United States, researchers have found no evidence that decriminalization of marijuana leads to increased drug use. The results suggest that drug policies may have less impact on marijuana use than is currently thought.

3 May 2004

Sociology News and Research

Where you live may increase risk factors for asthma

Racial differences in treatment of back pain

20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison

Study suggest that decriminalization of marijuana does not lead to increased drug use

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