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Marijuana Use Increases the Risk of Fatal Car Accidents

We are all aware of the dangers of drinking alcohol and driving, but using marijuana and driving can also be deadly.

Would you be able to recognize drug paraphernalia when you see it? And which common household items could be connected to drugs?

Find out how the scouts in your troop can earn a patch from the DEA for Red Ribbon Week.

Program ends November 13, 2017.

DEA's latest publication, Drugs of Abuse, delivers clear, scientific information about drugs in a factual, straightforward way.

A New Synthetic Opioid Could be Deadlier than Fentanyl

(KSHB, July 6) The synthetic opioid fentanyl has devastated communities across the nation. But acryl fentanyl, a new version of the drug, threatens to be even deadlier.
Temperatures rising – and so is teen drug use

(KKTV) Summer vacation – a time when many teens are out of school – is also when a lot of them start using drugs.
Marijuana use linked to greater psychosis risk in teens

(Medical News Today, July 5) Teens that frequently use marijuana are more likely to experience psychotic-like episodes, according to new research from Canada.
Opioid Overdoses Swamp Medical Examiners

(The Pew Charitable Trusts, July 6) — The sharp increase of drug overdose deaths is overwhelming medical examiners across the nation, forcing many to work overtime and run out of refrigerated storage for corpses.