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Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens

MIKE STOBBE My Way News 11/09/2010

Brooklyn teen claims text messaging title, $50,000 after winning national championship

Tessa Raphael and Lukas I. Alpert New York Daily News 09/22/2010
Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens

Teens who text 120 times a day or more - and there seems to be a lot of them - are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.

Brooklyn teen claims text messaging title, $50,000 after winning national championship

A Brooklyn teenager won $50,000 at the National Texting Championship and did it the old-fashioned way: practice, practice, practice.

Teens & Text Addiction

Stephanie Stahl CBS3 08/24/2010

Number of States Banning Texting While Driving Doubles in '09

Governors Highway Safety Association 06/19/2009
Teens & Text Addiction

Teenagers are becoming addicted to texting, according to a new study. In fact experts are saying being hooked on texting can be like being addicted to drugs.

Number of States Banning Texting While Driving Doubles in '09

Today, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue signed a law banning all drivers from text messaging while driving. The Tar Heel State becomes the 14th state with this law. In just the first six months of 2009, seven new states have passed broad texting while driving bans, bringing the total to 14, plus the District of Columbia. As of December 2008, only seven states plus D.C. had enacted similar legislation.