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How is it that a lot of young people get heart attacks?
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Cocaine?: That'd be my answer. We're a less and less healthy society all the time, and certain birth conditions can lead to early heart attack, but by and large, most heart attacks i see under the age of 40 are due to things people do to themselves. Cocaine, high dose steroids, etc...
Answered 7/22/2013
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