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Kratom is sold in smoke shops, advertised on Seattle sidewalks, and available at gas stations. And as increasingly potent kratom products spread across Washington, the state’s poison center is seeing a sharp rise in calls.

More than 90 high school students entering 10th through 12th grades took part in the FBI Tampa Federal Teen Academy.

U.S. teens are seriously underestimating how lethal the synthetic opioid fentanyl can be, a new study says.

A new Tennessee law taking full effect on July 1 will ban THC products with a concentration of 0.3% or higher.

Early summer is a valuable time for parents and young people to prepare for the transition to college in the fall.

THC and nicotine, increasingly combined, present new addiction and mental health risks.

Law enforcement and public health officials are seeing the synthetic opioid fentanyl — the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45 — combined with highly potent substances such as xylazine, nitazenes, cychlorphine, and medetomidine.

A new [University of California] San Diego study found that there could be a connection between marijuana use and slower development of memory, focus and thinking speed in teenagers.

A Colorado woman whose son died from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought through social media celebrated a pair of verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube that she said opened the door for companies to be held responsible for harms to children using their platforms.

Nitazenes, a highly potent class of synthetic opioids, were detected at 26 Missouri schools during a voluntary school wastewater monitoring program led by the Missouri Department of Public Safety.