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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 

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2017 starts with 13-year-old’s bullycide

Few details are available at this point, but reports from Pueblo, Colorado, indicate that a thirteen year-old girl who had been 

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Can a fictitious child land you in prison?

This is a question that an Arizona Court of Appeals recently considered. The case involved Dale Allen Wright,* an adult who solicited a postal inspector 

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Jodi aka Joe kicked out of Boy Scouts

Although the Boy Scouts recently changed their membership policy to allow gay scouts and leaders, their position on transgender scouts 

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Teen parents and car safety

As teen parents, we hope you understand the danger in leaving your babies and young children in the car for even 

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Seventh-grader invents new bandage and wins scholarship

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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 

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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 

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The duct tape challenge results in head injury

“I’m just, actually, really lucky to be alive. When I think about it, it seems like I was hit by a 

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New laws affecting teenagers 2016

Happy New Year, class of ’16 and younger. It’s a new year and of course there are new laws on 

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