A new report finds almost 187,000 Americans died from alcohol and substances such as synthetic opioids and psychostimulants, as well as suicide, in 2020. This represents a 20% one-year increase in the combined death rate and the highest number of substance-driven deaths ever recorded for a single year.

An increasing number of teens in the United States are vaping marijuana, according to a new study.

California legislators are considering a measure to open supervised injection sites, NPR reports.

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