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October 11, 2005

Food for thought

The ongoing debate over student health and vending machines made the cheeky Perspectives page in the October 10 issue of Newsweek.

"We trust 16-year-old students to drive a 4,000-pound vehicle on the highway, but not to eat a Snickers? They can join the Army and handle an M-16, but they can't handle a pack of Skittles?" So asked Arizona state Senator Dean Martin about lawmakers' attempts to ban junk food from high school vending machines. Hmmm.

Posted October 11, 2005 2:58 PM

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