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Teen vaping remains rampant

Featured News: Teen vaping remains rampant. The Biden administration can change that.

The incoming Biden-Harris administration can end the tobacco industry’s longstanding hold on serious tobacco control efforts, which has largely been tolerated by past administrations. Read More

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Fentanyl Overdoses Drive Sharp Rise in Deaths of Homeless People in Los Angeles

Fentanyl Overdoses Drive Sharp Rise in Deaths of Homeless People in Los Angeles

Fentanyl overdoses played a large role in the sharp increase in the deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County last year, according to a new report. Read More

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Study Finds Two-Drug Combination May Help Treat Meth Addiction

Study Finds Two-Drug Combination May Help Treat Meth Addiction

Changes in federal rules that made it easier to prescribe the opioid addiction medicine buprenorphine during the early days of the pandemic led to an increase in the number of patients receiving the medication in Texas, HealthDay reports. Read More

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Smoking Marijuana May Cause Exposure to Smoke-Related Toxins

Smoking marijuana may cause exposure to several toxins associated with neurological damage and cancer, according to a new study. Read More

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Having Hope May Help Prevent Risky Behavior

Having hope may prevent people from engaging in risky behaviors, such as drinking alcohol, taking drugs, over-eating or gambling, a new study finds. Read More

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Other Headlines of Interest

Listen now: Author Holly Whitaker on forging her own path and why women struggle with alcohol use (Heart of the Matter with Elizabeth Vargas)

Juggling My Children, Their Alcoholic Sitter and My Own Sobriety (The New York Times)

A Florida doctor kept giving opioids to an addict, then asked him for a $35,000 loan (Miami Herald)

COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin In Mass. Addiction Treatment Programs (WBUR)

So Much for Dry January? (The New York Times)

Addiction Recovery Providers Call On Biden To Address Opioid Crisis (WBUR)

'Quit Like a Woman' author Holly Whitaker wants to help women stop drinking (Today)

When Getting High Is a Hobby, Not a Habit (The New York Times)

Only a Smokescreen? Big Tobacco Stands Down as Colorado and Oregon Hike Cigarette Taxes (Kaiser Health News)