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(The Denver Post, January 22) After a couple of unsuccessful anti-weed ad campaigns, it looks like the Colorado Health Department has come up with a good way to get the public to understand the dangers of marijuana use, according to a recent report. 

(USA Today, January 17) A fifth-grader at a New Mexico school gave her classmates gummy bears she did not know were actually her parents’ medicinal marijuana edibles.

(January 25, 2018) Two federal agencies – the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration – recently warned a dozen companies for “illegally marketing unapproved products” that claim to treat opioid addiction and withdrawal, according to a recent press release.  

(January 25, 2018) Can medication be used to treat cocaine addiction? 

(AOL, January 18) Police in one Ohio city want to put other law enforcement officials on alert about heroin laced with the powder “Rizzy.” 

(Complex, Jan 5) The use of encrypted messaging services (where users can privately send texts without copies possibly being kept by internet service providers) has had a huge effect on the drug trade. 

(CNBC, January 4) Could non-addictive pain medication be around the corner?

In 2016, there were more than 63,000 deadly drug overdoses in the nation, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A recent survey on teen drug use revealed that while painkiller use is down, “vaping” (the use of e-cigarettes) is popular among teens.

In addition to promoting drug use to young people, these products could also be bad for your health, according to the agency.