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Some Youths Still Taking Opioids Months After Surgery
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2024
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Many tweens and teens are filling prescriptions for opioids far in advance of surgeries unlikely to be associated with severe pain afterward, a new study says.
Worse, a significant minorit...
At Least 58 Have Now Been Sickened After Eating Diamond Shruumz Edibles
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2024
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Nearly 60 illnesses, including 30 hospitalizations, have now been linked to eating Diamond Shruumz edibles, U.S. health officials reported.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted in an
Big Rise Seen in Gun Deaths, Overdoses Among U.S. Kids
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 5, 2023
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America's kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns.
That's the crux of a new study that looked at injury trends among U.S. children and teenagers between 2011 and 2021.
It found that non...
Buying Marijuana Online Easy for Minors, Study Finds
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 26, 2023
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The lax enforcement of age limits by many online marijuana dispensaries makes it easier for minors to buy weed, claims new research that looked at online weed sales in 32 states.
"It is imperative to require strict age-verification procedures prior to cannabis purchases ...
ADHD Drugs Won't Raise Risk for Illicit Drug Use Later
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 12, 2023
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Teens who use stimulant medication like Ritalin to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not have an increased risk of illicit drug use later, a new study finds.
This study looked specifically at cocaine and methamphetamine use. High school seniors wh...
Many Parents Too Quick to Give Fever Meds to Kids: Poll
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 20, 2023
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It's not always necessary to lower a child's fever, but parents often do.
A new poll from Michigan Medicine found that about one-third of parents reach for fever-reducing medicines too quickly.
"Often parents worry about their child having a fever and want to do ...
Child Danger: Almost Half of Parents Have Leftover Meds at Home
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 24, 2022
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Getting into prescription or over-the-counter medicines at home is a major source of accidental poisoning for young children.
Yet, nearly half of parent...
Ohio State Warns of Fake Adderall Pills After Two Students Die
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 9, 2022
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Ohio State University is warning students to be wary of fake Adderall pills after two students died last week.
University officials said that Columbus Public Health has warned the community about the counterfeit Adderall, which contain the deadly synthetic opioid fentany...
Young Americans Lost Almost 1.5 Million Years of Life to Opioids Between 2015 and 2019
- Robert Preidt
- February 1, 2022
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The U.S. drug epidemic continues its death march, with new research showing American teens and young adults have lost nearly 1.5 million years of life due to drug overdose deaths in recent years.
Many Marijuana Vendors Aim Advertising at Kids: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 21, 2022
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Some recreational pot shops are using tricks from the old playbooks of alcohol and tobacco companies to target underage users on social media, a new study reports.
Despite state laws restricting such marketing, researchers found marijuana retailers on social media promot...
Pandemic Saw Big Declines in Kids' Use of Drugs, Alcohol, Vaping
- Robert Preidt
- December 16, 2021
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There may be a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, with U.S. health officials reporting an "unprecedented" decline in teens' use of alcohol, marijuana, other illegal drugs and vaping.
"We have never seen such dramatic decreases in drug use among teens in just a one-y...
Number of Teens Who Vape Marijuana Doubled in 7 Years
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 26, 2021
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Teenagers have followed the vaping trend into marijuana use, with recent studies chronicling a boom in pot vaping among adolescents in the United States and Canada, researchers report.
The percentage of teens who've experimented with vaped pot has more than doubled in re...
Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- September 28, 2021
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More U.S. teens use e-cigarettes, traditional cigarettes and marijuana together, posing greater risks to their health and behavior than if they used only one substance, a new study finds.
Called "triple users," this group score high on a profile of psychosocial risk, whi...
No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic
- Cara Murez
- August 24, 2021
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The coronavirus pandemic has posed significant challenges for many, but it did not appear to drive U.S. preteens and young teens to drugs.
Repeated surveys of more than 7,800 10- to 14-year-olds between September 2019 and August 2020 found the overall rate of drug use r...