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Addiction

In this April 11, 2018 file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Flavored vape ban for minors passes in City Council

By restricting where products can be sold, the law aims to prevent minors from getting addicted, but leaves room for adults who vape to quit smoking.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly-area teens are suing Juul for getting them addicted to vaping

Local school districts have also filed federal complaints against the e-cig giant.

6 years ago

A box of vaping products confiscated from students or thrown away at Boulder High School.  The school's assistant principal collects items for later delivery to the county's hazardous waste facility. (John Daley/Colorado Public Radio)
NPR
Community

Don’t toss that e-cig: Vaping waste is a whole new headache for schools and cities

In her office at Boulder High School, the assistant principal has a large cardboard box where she can toss the spoils of her ongoing battle with the newest student addiction.

6 years ago

Excerpt from a data poster on drug overdoses in Delaware (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services)
Health

Delaware partners with Google to make searching for addiction treatment easier

The state says the new collaboration with Google will smooth the internet hunt for information about substance-use treatment and other resources in Delaware.

6 years ago

Empty Coors Light beer can
Health

Frightening facts parents should know about teens and binge drinking

Studies are accumulating showing the teen brain, consistently plied with alcohol, won’t reach maturity and damaged genetic material may be passed on.

6 years ago

Close Up Of Teenage Group Drinking Alcohol Together
Health

Binge drinking and teenagers: What are they thinking?

Like adults, teens drink to escape and numb pain, but with little regard for how they might hurt their brains in the process.

6 years ago

Marijuana-related arrests in New Jersey jumped about 35% over a four-year period. (Andy Colwell for Billy Penn)
Community

ACLU: NJ marijuana arrests jump about 35% over 4 years

Marijuana-related arrests in New Jersey jumped about 35% over a four-year period ending in 2017, according to a report by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.

6 years ago

After going through addiction treatment, Felisha Buzard is a student at Camden County College and looks forward to regaining custody of her 2-year-old daughter. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

How Camden County municipal courts are turning around addiction stories

"The last place I thought that I was going to get help was a courtroom," one woman said.

6 years ago

Needles are bundled in tens for Philadelphia's Prevention Point's exchange program. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Syringe exchange saved billions in HIV-related costs in Philadelphia, study finds

A new report finds that Prevention Point Philadelphia averted more than 10,000 HIV cases, over the course of 10 years.

6 years ago

A man exhales a puff of smoke from a vape pipe
Radio Times
Health

Vaping: a public health crisis?

Some state and city governments have begun to implement more stringent regulations when it comes to the sale of vape devices and liquids. But is it an overreaction?

Air Date: October 23, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
New Castle County Police Chief Vaughn Bond announces details of the new behavioral health unit at police headquarters in Minquadale, Delaware. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Del. police add behavioral health unit to answer addiction, mental health needs

The department joins a growing effort to team up with behavioral health experts to help people with substance use disorder or mental health issues.

6 years ago

Students at Memphis Street Academy raise their hands during a student wellness meeting. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Going to school in Kensington amid drug crisis: ‘We need to be beacons of hope’

Schools in Kensington strive to be safe havens from violence and drug use, while also helping kids deal with the emotional trauma they carry inside.

6 years ago

Listen 4:47
Ramona Hieye in her living room at her home in North Philadelphia. (Vanessa Dávila/AL DIA News)
Community
Broke in Philly

Ramona: A story of perseverance in Kensington

My name is Ramona Hieye. I grew up in Kensington. My Kensington had drugs and violence, just like now. My Kensington was no less tragic. But nobody seemed to care.

6 years ago

Clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Congress divided on whether to do more on opioids

Some newer members of Congress are pushing for more anti-opioid legislation, but those who passed last year’s bill are unsure more is needed.

6 years ago

Listen 4:55
Juul announced it will suspend sales of all non-tobacco, non menthol-based flavors of its e-cigarette products. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

Juul suspends sales of flavored vapes and signs settlement to stop marketing to youth

Flavored e-cigarettes have hooked millions of teens to nicotine. Now, Juul says it will suspend sales of many flavors. Some call the move too little, too late.

6 years ago

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