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6-20-2019

Parents of adolescents can play a valuable role in protecting their teens from substance use, a new national survey by Center on Addiction finds.
Lawyers for local governments suing pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors and pharmacy chains over the opioid epidemic have announced a proposed settlement, NPR reports.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week unanimously voted to ban all sales of e-cigarettes. The measure is designed to reduce underage vaping, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Colorado and Washington, the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana, are seeing an increase in teen use of highly potent marijuana, The Washington Post reports.
A new survey suggests 14.8 million people have driven within an hour of using marijuana in the past month. Most impairment occurs within one to four hours of using the drug, HealthDay reports.
The suicide rate among teens and young adults ages 15 to 24 is at its highest point since 2000, according to a new study. The rate increased the most among 15- to 19-year-olds and young men.