Credit: Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: Centers for Disease Control Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased nearly 30 percent in less than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported June 7. These mind-numbing statistics were released …
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Canada Senate passes bill legalizing recreational marijuana
Canada’s Senate passed a bill Thursday legalizing recreational marijuana, moving it closer to becoming the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalize the production, sale and consumption of the drug. Bill C-45, or the Cannabis Act, passed …
Read More »E-cigarette sellers turn to scholarships to promote brands
In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, a customer exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at a store in New York. A growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands …
Read More »Vaping essays: E-cigarette sellers offering scholarships
In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, a customer exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at a store in New York. A growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands …
Read More »Synthetic cannabis (‘spice’, ‘k2’) use may boost stroke risk in young users
Synthetic cannabis, also popularly known as ‘spice’ or ‘k2,’ may boost the risk of a stroke in young users, warn US doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports. The warning follows their treatment of a 25 year old prison …
Read More »In kidney disease patients, illicit drug use linked with disease progression and death
In a study of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), persistent substance use—especially of hard illicit drugs—was linked with higher risks of CKD progression and early death. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the …
Read More »Canada poised to legalize recreational marijuana
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Canada’s Senate is set to vote Thursday on legalizing recreational marijuana, a move that would make the country the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalize the production, sale and consumption of the …
Read More »More teens than ever would try marijuana
(HealthDay)—One in four U.S. high school seniors would try marijuana or use it more often if it was legal, a new survey finds. That rate—the highest in the 43-year history of the Monitoring the Future survey—likely reflects growing pot legalization …
Read More »Pot, opioids now rival alcohol as factor in driver deaths
(HealthDay)—Pot and opioids have become almost as deadly as booze for drivers, a new report shows. Forty-four percent of drivers killed in crashes tested positive for drugs in 2016, up from 28 percent 10 years prior, according to the Governors …
Read More »For American Indian youth, risk is higher for alcohol, drug use, say researchers
Student at one of the surveyed schools. Credit: Provided/Colorado State University Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research Since 1975, Colorado State University social scientists have studied rates of drug and alcohol use among American Indian youths living on or near reservations. …
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