[robertpaulsen]

Are you willing to make that up-front admission?

[Know your rights]

I'd look them up [figures on current Alaskan teen use relative to the lower 48], but why?

To establish that your previously cited factoid had any significance.

Are you willing to make that up-front admission?

What "admission"? You have on the table a factoid that on its own proves nothing; you can leave it at that if you like, or you can attempt to establish its significance by getting some related numbers.