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recreational marijuana
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State and federal laws govern recreational pot taken across state lines

As of January 1, 2018, eight states and the District of Columbia legalized the recreational use of marijuana. California joined 

new year laws
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New laws in 2018 to heed

January 1, 2018 rings in a new year and new laws to be aware of. If you want to know 

e-cigarette
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The dangers of “dripping”

In February, 2017, a study by Yale University professor of psychiatry, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, was published in the Journal of Pediatrics 

Teenager Smoking
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Should each state raise the smoking age to 21?

Did you see that following Hawaii’s example, California became the second state in America to raise the smoking age to 

medical marijuana
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Is medical marijuana legal at school?

As of early 2016, twenty-three states have legalized medical marijuana. However, only a few public school districts have established rules 

electronic cigarette
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Teens using e-cigarettes to vaporize marijuana

Possibly in an attempt to disguise smoking marijuana, teens have taken to putting it in an e-cigarette. The distinct odor 

spice
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Spice leading to critical hospitalizations

If you’re not aware of the synthetic drug called Spice, the message here is to stay away from it. We’ve 

Censorship
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“Dabbing” article censored in Virginia high school

SaraRose Martin is the co-editor of The Falconer, the student newspaper at Fauquier High School in Virginia. In March, 2015, 

anti-drug message on pencils
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Sharp 4th-grader uncovers pencil gaffe

When ten-year-old Kodi Mosier sharpened his pencil at school, he noticed the anti-drug message printed on it changed considerably. It 

Smacked potpourri
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New Hampshire declares emergency on synthetic drugs

In August, 2014, New Hampshire governor Maggie Hassan declared a state of emergency for the synthetic compound referred to as “smacked.” 

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