#parent | #kids | #parents | #teensvaping | Teen meth use may be declining, study shows

(KOTA-TV) A study linked to a viral anti-drug campaign suggests South Dakota teens try methamphetamines at a higher rate than the national average, but one long-lived survey implies something different. The South Dakota Department of Social Services launched the self-deprecating “Meth. We’re On It” campaign against use of the eponymous…

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#parent | #kids | #parents | #teensvaping | Turnpike Lane shooting: Friends pleaded ‘just wake up’ after teen shot outside north London street Tube station

A teenage boy was fighting for his life in hospital today after being shot outside a north London Tube station. Friends of the victim, 17, carried him into a chicken shop and used clothing to stem the bleeding as they pleaded, “Just wake up”, a witness said. Police and medics…

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#parent | #kids | #parents | #teensvaping | 4 students hospitalized after ingesting party drug at Henry Co. school

Four Locust Grove High School students were rushed to hospitals Friday morning after ingesting a drug and passing out on campus, authorities said.  The students — ages 17, 15 and two 14-year-olds — were taken to hospitals just before 10 a.m. after voluntarily taking a liquid substance believed to be the…

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#parent | #kids | #parents | #teensvaping | Arizona Teen Sues E-Cig Maker Juul, Joining States, School Districts

Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against e-cigarette maker Juul in recent months, claiming the company’s youth-oriented advertising and candy-like flavors created a generation of addicts in middle and high school classrooms. Now, an Arizona teen who blames the San Francisco company for his nicotine addiction has filed his own…

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