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• High-Potency Pot Tied to Big Rise in Psychiatric Issues

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• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• Injuries a Drain on Employee Productivity

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness

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• Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping's Harm to Teens

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• Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids

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• Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches

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• Lockdowns Tied to Temporary Drops in Illicit Drug Seizures

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• Many Americans Live Too Far From Opioid Addiction Treatment

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• Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers

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• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too

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• Mental Health Issues Linked to Higher Risk of Breakthrough COVID Infections

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• Meth Abuse Drove Huge Surge in Heart Failure Crises in California

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• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk

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• Misjudging Thin Ice Can Be Fatal, Check First

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• Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study

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• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer

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• Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis

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• Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose

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• Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger

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• Pandemic Saw Rise in Kids Swallowing Magnets, Tiny Batteries

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• Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs

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• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll

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• Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care

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• Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study

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• Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse

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• Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid

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• Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

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• Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse

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• Signs America's Opioid Epidemic Might Finally Be Waning

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• Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse

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• Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds

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• Too Much Pot During Pregnancy May Endanger Baby's Health

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• Two-Drug Combo May Help Fight Meth Addiction

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• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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