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How to Know if Your Kid is Vaping Marijuana — and What to Do About It

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Getting Involved: Red Ribbon Week

Some of you may have heard about Red Ribbon Week through your children’s schools, or perhaps you’ve participated in a Red Ribbon Week campaign yourself.  Either way, here is everything that you need to know about Red Ribbon Week 2018.

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Get One-on-One Help to Address Your Child’s Substance Use

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5 Things Parents Need to Know about Fentanyl

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What’s Up with CBD Oil?

You may have noticed an increase in ads and products promoting CBD oil lately, but you may not know what CBD oil actually is.  CBD stands for Cannabidiol oil, and is the non-psychoactive component of marijuana.  What that means is that you cannot “get high” off CBD oil.  CBD oil can come in numerous forms including lotions, edibles, sprays, vaping liquid, or even capsules. 

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The Teen Vaping Trend – What Parents Need to Know

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What Is Narcan? What Does It Do?

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What the Surgeon General Says About Opioids

What the Surgeon General Says About Opioids

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Why You Should Still Care About Meth

Lately we have been hearing a lot about the opioid epidemic in the United States and how serious it is, but what’s going on with other substances?  Although a big focus has been placed on the many harmful consequences of opioid addiction, it is important that we don’t forget about how important it is to prevent the use of other illicit drugs as well, like methamphetamine. 

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Juuling: What You Need to Know

Electronic cigarettes are nothing new to the youth and adults in our community.  Over the past few years the use of e-cigarettes and “vaping” has steadily increased.  The new craze in the electronic cigarette world is a brand named Juul.  Juul is unlike other electronic cigarettes on the market because of the way it looks.  To an individual that has never seen a Juul, it may look like a high tech USB drive meant to contain their teen’s important school documents.  In reality this USB looking device is used by inserting a small cartridge that contains oils.  The

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