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(FoxNews.com, November 30) Rhode Island police charged the parents of an 8-month-old girl with felony neglect after the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl was found in the infant’s system. 

(WMUR, November 20) If you look at the thousands of lives lost and families torn apart, the opioid addiction epidemic has had a devastating effect on the nation.

(The Herald Online, November 23) A school district in South Carolina is thinking about performing random drug testing on student athletes and student drivers.

(WGNTV, November 22) An Indiana high school teacher was recently arrested after students reported her doing cocaine in the classroom. One student videotaped the alleged drug use through a window on the classroom’s door.

(Kaiser Health News, November 15) As the state of California gets set to begin selling recreational marijuana early next year, there is concern that teenagers won’t understand the dangers of the drug

(ClickonDetroit, November 15) Cookie Crisp cereal laced with marijuana sent three Michigan teens to the hospital recently. 

(November 8, 2017) The Drug Enforcement Administration collected a record 456 tons (912,305 pounds) of expired and unused medication during Take Back Day events across the country last month. 

(TIME, November 7) Non-opioid painkillers work just as well as opioid painkillers for certain types of pain, according to a new study. This news confirms the fact that – in the midst of the nationwide opioid epidemic – they are likely being overprescribed.

(Newsweek, November 7) We know how damaging marijuana use is to the growing teenage brain. 

(HealthDay, November 6)  Less and less U.S. teens are smoking cigarettes. Could this be why, despite relaxing attitudes towards the drug, teen marijuana use has not increased?