Lab rats suicide after listening to Judas Priest

PHOENIX, AZ--Scientists have discovered a tendency for lab rats to commit suicide after being exposed to the Judas Priest album "Sin After Sin." During the tests rats were provided with two piles of cheese. One pile was normal cheese. The other pile was laced with rat poison and had a sign above clearly indicating the consequences of eating from that pile. After just three playings of the album at a volume of 130 decibels, a stunning 50% of the rats had consumed a fatal dose of cheese from the rat poison pile. After 10 playings almost 90% of the rats were dead. By the time the album had been played 23 times all the rats in the experiment had committed suicide.

The results of this experiment were immediately rushed to the Parent's Music Resource Center headquarters in Washington, DC. The results will be presented to Congress by the PMRC in an effort to fund a $75 million followup to this experiment testing the effects on rats of the music of Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Black Sabbath, W.A.S.P., Blue Oyster Cult, Aerosmith, Megadeath, Motley Crue, 2 Live Crew, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Mentors, Woody Guthrie, and other controversial heavy metal bands.

 
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from  USA  Today 

 Girls' suicide rates jump; overall youth rate up

By Anita Manning 
 
A sharp increase in the rate of suicide among pre-teen girls and teens between 2003 and 2004 drove an overall increase in the reported number of young people committing suicide, federal health officials said Thursday.

They also report that hanging and suffocation have replaced firearms as the preferred suicide method for girls and young women.

After a 28.5% decline in suicides for young people ages 10-24 between 1990-2003, rates jumped 8% in 2004, the largest spike in 15 years, said Ileana Arias, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

"This is a dramatic and huge increase," she said. While it's not clear whether the increase represents a one-year spike or the start of a trend, she said, "the news today is sobering" and signals a need for more effective prevention methods.

*At  least the girls are getting more sensible ... it is getting harder to get guns these days and they do leave a terrible mess*

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Teen Suicides Rise as Antidepressant Use Drops 

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by Madeleine Brand and Joanne Silberner  

September 6, 2007 · Two new studies show that teen suicide rates rose sharply in 2003 and 2004.

They also say there was a drop in the use of antidepressants by teens and preteens for the same years.

The drop in use was partly the result of warnings that the drugs can cause some young people to have suicidal thoughts.

*Here at Suicide Tickles we have always known that taking drugs is  a good thing ... "better living through chemicals" is our motto!*

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Police Log Confirms Owen Wilson's Suicide Attempt

Posted by ExtraTV Staff on August 29, 2007 3:39 PM

“Extra” has obtained the Calls for Service report from the Santa Monica Police Department, which lists the reason for the 911 call from Owen Wilson’s house as an “attempted suicide.”

The call was received on Sunday, August 26 at 12:08:16 p.m. The incident was “cleared” almost five hours later at 5:07:16pm.

As “Extra” reported yesterday, sources confirmed that Wilson had indeed attempted suicide. His brother Luke found him, and he was rushed to St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica before he was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

*What some of these actors won't do for a little publicity*

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