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Report: Anti-Drug Curriculum Curbs Use Among Teens and Their Peers

(Addiction Now, April 20) A national curriculum that educates students about the dangers of drug use is not only having a positive impact on the participants, but their friends too.

New York governor announces $213M to fight heroin, opioid epidemic

(New York Daily News, April 20) New York’s governor recently announced that the state is allotting over $200 million – double the funding from last year – to fight its heroin and opioid addiction epidemic.

HBO to Air New Doc on Opioid Addiction

Warning: This Drug May Kill You is set to premiere on HBO next month. It details the personal stories of family members who have lost loved ones to opioid overdoses.

Parents Who Lost Son to Overdose Warn About Mail-Order Drugs

(CBS4, April 12) – Kris Randall thumbed through a family photo album, remembering the good times before September of 2015 when her son overdosed on a dangerous cocktail of heroin and fentanyl, a synthetic opiate.

Florida dad, daughter charged for pot brownie sales

(Florida Today, April 12) A father and daughter went to jail after selling pot brownies that sent two teenagers to the hospital last week, according to the Palm Bay Police Department.

Study: Regularly Using Marijuana as a Teen Slows Brain Development

Chronic use could also lead to problems with attention span, behavior and impulse control in adulthood.

Heroin-related deaths in Colorado increasing at alarming rate

(KUSA, April 6)- A new report highlights what we've been talking about a lot lately. Heroin. The highly-addictive drug that seems to target, well everyone.

Mother Arrested After Teen Passes Out Pot Candy In School

(CBSMiami, March 30) — Coconut Creek Police say Christine Arguelles had a box of gummy candies laced with marijuana in the refrigerator of her home.

Opioid overdoses are climbing. But prescription painkillers aren’t driving them anymore

(Vox, April 1) The crackdown on opioid prescriptions to rein in the raging epidemic of opioid abuse and overdoses is picking up steam. 

13-year-old dies after allegedly overdosing on father's heroin

(WKEF/WRGT/CNN, April 5) – A 13-year-old in Ohio is dead and his father arrested after the boy allegedly overdosed on his dad’s heroin.