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Digging Deeper: 8 Reasons Children & Teens Get Mixed Up with Prescription Drugs

It may start innocently enough. Perhaps a child sees their parent regularly grab a couple of tablets from a prescription pill bottle and gets curious. Maybe a classmate dares a teen to down a mystery capsule and the teen doesn’t want to be labelled a chicken. It could be that an adolescent is bored and

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The Connection Between Smoking Tobacco, COPD, Lung Cancer, and Tobacco-Related Deaths

November is the awareness month for both lung cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)–two life-threatening health conditions that can make breathing difficult by compromising the integrity of the lungs. The lungs are important organs in the human body. They transfer oxygen into the bloodstream, supplying oxygen to your entire body. Without your lungs, you

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At-Home Alcohol Delivery: A New Avenue for Underage Drinking

Delivery services have become an integral part of many people’s lives. Between Amazon Prime, UberEats, Doordash, and Instacart, people can get almost anything delivered right to their front door. And, with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people at home more and away from busy stores, more and more industries are moving towards a business model that

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Steps Schools Can Take to Prevent and Reduce Teen Vaping

According to the National Institute of Health’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey, 11.7% of 12th graders reported vaping nicotine on a daily basis, and 25.5% reported vaping nicotine in the past month.[1] As vaping continues to become a widespread issue in middle and high schools across the nation, parents, communities, and schools alike are looking

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Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal and How to Cope

When people think of addictive substances, they often think of “hard” drugs like heroin, cocaine, or meth. However, nicotine, a substance found in tobacco products, is highly addictive – both physically and mentally. It changes the way the brain functions and feels. Once your body adapts to having nicotine in its system, withdrawal symptoms occur,

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