OAKLAND, California (WNB) - A new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) claims at least 30 percent of inner city youth suffer from a type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers have termed the disorder "hood disease."
"Individuals in inner cities face a number of stressful problems daily, such as 'can I sell enough food stamps to buy crack tonight,' or 'my Obama phone doesn't have enough minutes' - things like that," explained CDC research coordinator Mavis Brown. "Unfortunately, the only relief available to these sufferers is to viciously beat and rob whites and especially Asians. Sadly, it's more of a cry for help than permanent cure."
The Obama administration is reportedly studying hood disease to determine what type of financial and/or material incentives may be used to treat the problem.