Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
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A Prime Time Role for N2O
…teens are ‘the ultimate herd animals’ when it came to experimentation with drugs. “They’ll try something they know to be risky, simply because they’ve heard others have tried it. It’s as if they’re convinced they’ll fall behind if they don’t.”
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Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction– instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
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Some Downward Progress
Many older folks turn to cannabis to self-medicate the pain and sleep problems that can plague old age. As they become dependent on cannabis, we could see the emergence of more health-related problems there.
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Collegiate “Drunking”
In that environment, alcohol abuse, no matter how excessive, was somehow acceptable. Normalized is the word for it.
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An Interesting Case From Virginia
If I had to recommend something, it would be for schools and parents to grab onto those evidence-based approaches and make them integral to your school culture.
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Behold the Nicotine Pouch
Not surprisingly, online sales have evolved to include super-potent pouches, well above the rest in terms of nicotine content, to maximize the ‘rush’ provided by the stimulant, in flavors that include bubblegum and strawberry milkshake
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Youth Vaping Makes A Comeback
…three-quarters of respondents in a national survey of youth tobacco use stated a preference for fruit and candy- flavored e-cigs over any other form.
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Borg Invasion
Colleges, in my experience, have a weirdly ambivalent attitude towards this kind of behavior from their students.
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In the Wilderness
I doubt ‘tough love’ was ever meant to be that tough. It’s all in how the programs interpret it.
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Colleges Get Into Gambling
Why would an otherwise respectable educational institution get involved with gambling? “Next they’ll be hawking meth pills in the bookstore,” joked a counselor.
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