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Federal Ban Expected on All E-Cigarette Flavors Except Menthol and Tobacco The Trump Administration is expected to ban all flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco, The Wall Street Journal reports. Read More One-Fourth of High School Students Report Using E-Cigarettes One-fourth of high school students and 10% of middle school students say they use e-cigarettes, according to a new study by Food and Drug Administration researchers. Read More   Large Increase in Opioid Deaths Seen in Middle-Aged Black Adults A new government report finds a large increase in opioid-related deaths among black middle-aged adults. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend DEA Warns Public About Counterfeit Prescription Pills The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning this week that Mexican drug cartels are making counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl. These pills are killing Americans, the agency said. Read More Some Addiction Specialists Are Trying Naltrexone to Treat Meth Use Disorder Some addiction specialists are using the opioid addiction medication naltrexone to treat addiction to methamphetamine, NPR reports. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Opinion: Spend the opioid settlement funds to prevent more deaths like my nephew's: Rep. Trone (USA Today) A drug counselor sees the perils of jailing her son for addiction (PBS NewsHour) Cheap and powerful 'meth 2.0' is ravaging communities and slowly killing its victims (USA Today) These Machines Can Put You in Jail. Don’t Trust Them. (The New York Times) Toxicology Report: Robert F. Kennedy's Granddaughter Died of Drug Overdose (Time) Is the ‘War on Drugs’ Over? Arrest Statistics Say No (The New York Times) Inside the Fight for Regulation as Rehab Centers Cash in on Patients (Variety) The Science of Addiction: How Substance Abuse Changes Brain Chemistry (Variety) Demi Moore has been open about her past drug use. Now her daughters are speaking out, too. (The Washington Post) This Ohio Addiction Recovery Program Uses Opioid Settlement Money To Help Patients (NPR) Families Across the Nation Challenged to Help Knock Out Opioid Abuse (The American Medicine Chest Challenge) Video: One teen’s struggle with Juul addiction (Reuters) 28-Day Rehab Doesn’t Work For Everyone (The Huffington Post) The ‘secret everybody knows’: Drugs like cocaine and molly becoming more popular in NHL (The Athletic) Blog: I Was Blindsided By How Insurance Treated My Son’s Substance Use Claim (Partnership for Drug-Free Kids)

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