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Featured Commentary: When Substance Use and Mental Health Collide Co-occurring Disorders in Teens and Young Adults Getting help for a young person with a mental health disorder or a substance use problem is hard. It’s even harder when these disorders occur in the same person, Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, President of Child Mind Institute, and Fred Muench, PhD, President of Center of Addiction, explain. Read More Half of U.S. Children With Mental Health Disorder Do Not Receive Treatment Half of the estimated 7.7 million U.S. children with a treatable mental health disorder do not receive treatment from a mental health professional, according to a new study. Read More   Increase in Teen Tobacco Use Driven by E-Cigarettes: Report Teens’ use of tobacco products is on the rise, driven by an increase in e-cigarette use, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend FDA Sends New Warnings to Supplement Makers About False Claims of Curing Disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new round of warnings and advisory letters to makers of dietary supplements, telling them not to falsely claim their products cure, prevent or treat serious diseases. Last year the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to makers and distributors of 12 products sold as treatments for opioid addiction and withdrawal. Read More Frequency of Drinking, Drug Use Dreams Decreases the Longer a Person is in Recovery A new study finds the frequency of dreams involving drinking and drug use decreases the longer a person is in recovery. Read More Teen Marijuana Use Linked to Increased Depression and Suicidal Behavior: Study Teen marijuana use is linked to an increased risk of depression and suicidal behavior in young adulthood, according to a review of studies published in JAMA Psychiatry. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Teaching to the Drug Test (U.S. News & World Report) Melania Trump addresses youth forum on battling substance abuse (The Hill) Tips for Parents on Talking About Drugs After Teen Deaths (Associated Press) NDEWS Presents Webinar: Chemical Slavery, with Robert L. DuPont, MD; Register in link (CESARFax) The latest tool to combat the opioid epidemic — student-loan relief (MarketWatch) 'Church Of Safe Injection' Offers Needles, Naloxone To Prevent Opioid Overdoses (NPR) A Neuroscientist Explores The Biology Of Addiction In 'Never Enough' (NPR) Heart attack tied to edible marijuana is a warning to doctors (Reuters) Opinion: Is smoking marijuana safe? Why we can't let Big Weed bury the risks the way Big Tobacco did (NBC News) Judge rules against Walmart for firing employee with medical marijuana card (The Hill) El Chapo Is Behind Bars, but Drugs Still Flow From Mexico (The New York Times) FDA issues warning letter to drug distributor McKesson for allegedly shipping 'illegitimate' opioid products (CNBC) Justin Bieber Opens Up About His Past Drug Addiction, Saying He Was Addicted to Xanax (Cosmopolitan) Opioid prescriptions for pets surge, mirroring human crisis (Reuters Health)

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