Topic: drug addiction

How to Help Your Teen Quit Vaping: A Guide for Parents

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When electronic cigarettes were introduced to the Canadian market in 2004, they were intended to provide adults with a safer alternative to smoking. Unfortunately, e-cigarettes have multiple attributes that make them highly appealing to young people, leading to an explosive rise in adolescent vaping. Between 2011 and 2019, e-cigarette use among teens increased from 1.5% to 27.5%, according to the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Today, ...

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How To Prevent Drug Addiction: A Guide For Parents

Dr. Tali Shenfield

While taking drugs has always been risky, the introduction of new, more powerful drugs in recent years has heightened the potential for accidental overdose. As the tragic death of Chloe Kotval (a 14 year old girl from Ottawa, Canada) demonstrated, teenagers- even very young teenagers- are not immune to the perils of today’s “designer drugs.” All it took was one ...

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