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Featured News: National Survey Highlights Parents’ Role in Protecting Teens From Substance Use Parents of adolescents can play a valuable role in protecting their teens from substance use, a new national survey by Center on Addiction finds. Read More Lawyers for Local Governments Unveil Proposal for Settling Opioid Lawsuits Lawyers for local governments suing pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors and pharmacy chains over the opioid epidemic have announced a proposed settlement, NPR reports. Read More   San Francisco Takes Step to Ban All Sales of E-Cigarettes The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week unanimously voted to ban all sales of e-cigarettes. The measure is designed to reduce underage vaping, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Colorado and Washington See Increase in Teen Use of Potent Marijuana Colorado and Washington, the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana, are seeing an increase in teen use of highly potent marijuana, The Washington Post reports. Read More 15 Million People Drive Within an Hour of Using Marijuana: Survey A new survey suggests 14.8 million people have driven within an hour of using marijuana in the past month. Most impairment occurs within one to four hours of using the drug, HealthDay reports. Read More Suicide Rate Among Teens and Young Adults at Highest Point Since 2000 The suicide rate among teens and young adults ages 15 to 24 is at its highest point since 2000, according to a new study. The rate increased the most among 15- to 19-year-olds and young men. Read More Other Headlines of Interest 'I will die' without it: Hamilton County jail offers addicted inmates meds behind bars (Cincinnati Enquirer) Meth In The Morning, Heroin At Night: Inside The Seesaw Struggle of Dual Addiction (NPR) Black Leaders Denounce Juul’s $7.5 Million Gift to Medical School (The New York Times) E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager’s Mouth, Damaging His Jaw (The New York Times) Cops bring addiction counselor on drug raids to fight opioid crisis (60 Minutes) The Perilous Blessing of Opioids (The Wall Street Journal) Google owner Alphabet is tackling the opioid crisis (CNN) Possessing Marijuana In Prison 'Is Not A Felony,' California Court Says (NPR) The New Sobriety (The New York Times) Columbine survivor, addiction speaker died of drug overdose (The Washington Post) This School District Has a Way to Combat Vaping: Random Nicotine Tests (The New York Times) Trump campaigned on defeating the opioid crisis. It’s hard to tell if he’s winning. (Politico) Feds Seize Estimated $1 Billion In Cocaine From Ship In Philadelphia (NPR)

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