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(Washington Post, April 20) While teenagers might be binge-drinking less and having less sex than the previous generation did, marijuana use among teens, which had declined from the late 1990s through the mid-to-late 2000s, is on the rise again. 

(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.

(WTOP, April 14) Almost 80 percent of drug overdose deaths in Virginia last year were due to opioids, according to the latest numbers from the state’s department of health. 

(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.

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.

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.

(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 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.

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

(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.