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"E-cigarettes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) -- including vapes, vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, mods, and e-pipes -- are growing in popularity globally. It is becoming increasingly clear that there are significant health consequences of using e-cigarettes, such as lung and kidney disease as well as damage to heart cells, but many of them remain unknown. The long-term health consequences are largely a mystery because of...
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"According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 4.4 million people age twelve or older meet the diagnostic criteria cannabis use disorder, a figure that corresponds to 1.6 percent of the US population. Cannabis use disorder is not the only risk associated with marijuana use. Marijuana users also have a higher incidence of memory impairment, anxiety disorders, social development problems, psychosis, and suicide than the non-using population...
3) Heroin risks
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"Heroin has always been a dangerous drug, but in recent years it has become deadlier than ever. That is because illicit drug producers are cutting it with a powerful synthetic opioid known as fentanyl. As the opioid crisis rages on in the United States, health officials and addiction experts are distressed as well as perplexed about how to stop it-and there are no simple answers." --
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"Methamphetamine, also called speed and crank, is a powerfully addictive drug. Often referred to simply as meth, it is a synthetic upper or stimulant that revs up the user's metabolism. The rush of pleasure it delivers upon first use can be overwhelming. It leads a person to seek that same feeling again and again. Its relatively low cost and wide availability on the street attract those on the lookout for a cheap high. But the threat of addiction-sometimes...
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"Prescription painkilling drugs known as opioids, including counterfeit versions of them, are killing more people than any other drugs that exist. This has created a full-blown health crisis in the United States-one that has led U.S. health officials to declare a public health emergency"--
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