Tag: youth
Why Aren’t We Celebrating the End of Teenage Smoking?
When I was a teen in a small Midwestern town in the 1970s, the ...
Legalization Doesn’t Lead More Teens to Try Cannabis, Researchers Find
A perennial question around legalizing cannabis for adults is whether it leads to more ...
FDA Accused of Spreading Misinformation at E-Cigarette Summit
The annual E-Cigarette Summit in Washington, DC, is perhaps the most eclectic conference in ...
Youth Overdose Crisis Swells Because Drug Warriors “Cried Wolf”
Since time immemorial—well, the early 20th century—youth have been inundated with messages about the ...
Outcry After High School Students Strip-Searched for Vapes
In mid-January, staff at a Wisconsin high school conducted invasive searches of six female ...
Youth Vaping Rates Decline Steeply in the United States
On September 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food ...
The US Obsession With Youth Vaping Looks Odd From Across the Atlantic
“Two countries divided by a common language” is a common saying misattributed to George ...
Vape Flavor Bans Will Lead More Teens to Smoke, Suggests Another Study
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nears a September deadline to decide on ...
Connecticut’s Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Protects Youth, Students
The Connecticut bill signed into law on June 22 legalizing, taxing and regulating cannabis ...
RIP Rod Skager, a Pioneer in Harm Reduction Drug Education
When my children entered adolescence in the 1980s and ‘90s, the War on Drugs ...
