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Beyond the Hype: Potential Health Risks of MK-677

MK-677 (also known as Ibutamoren) is getting a lot of attention online.

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Pennsylvania Teen Wins Overdose Prevention Billboard Contest

Take a look at the entry that beat out around 40 others.

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Addiction Experts Raise Alarm About Cannabis Use Among Oregon’s Youth

Attractively marketed, low priced and high-potency marijuana appeals to kids who think it’s safe to use, but it also poses serious mental health risks, including psychosis, for young users.

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2024 Red Ribbon Photo Contest Winners Announced

The DEA and the National Family Partnership have announced the winners of the 2024 Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest!

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Alabama Student 'Hope Dealer' Helps Youth Stay Drug-Free

Sydney Pritchett is a senior of Selma High School, who is no stranger to advocating for change within the Selma [Alabama] community.  

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What Is Pink Cocaine? Autopsy Finds Drugs in Liam Payne’s Body

A partial autopsy conducted on former One Direction singer Liam Payne found multiple substances in his system when he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of a hotel room in Argentina last week, according to a new report from ABC News.

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Marijuana Use Tied to Worse School Outcomes for Teens

A massive study of available data finds teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school.

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Climate Change-Fueled Heat Is Especially Deadly When Mixed with Meth in the Summer Months

On just one sweltering day during the hottest June on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a freeway bridge and a 41-year-old woman was found slumped outside a business.

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Fentanyl Was Killing Their Friends – and No One Was Talking About It. So These Teens Stepped Up

As fake pills send teen overdose deaths skyrocketing, these high schoolers are filling an information void with films and peer-to-peer education

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Vaping Damages Young People’s Lungs as Much as Smoking, Study Suggests

Vaping damages young people’s lungs as much as smoking, according to research that has prompted fresh debate over the health risks of e-cigarettes.