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Whippets and Laughing Gas: How Nitrous Oxide Damages Nerves, and Why a Normal B12 Test Can Miss It

Nitrous oxide feels harmless and legal. Here is how it disables vitamin B12, what the nerve damage looks like at home, and the two tests that catch it early.

Oct 31, 202615m

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A Vape Liquid Called 'CEB' Is Circulating in South Mississippi. It Isn't an Opioid, and Naloxone Won't Reverse It

A Mississippi sheriff's office is warning about MDMB-4en-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid sold as 'CEB.' Here is what it does and what to do in an emergency.

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The Sibling in the Room: A Practical Guide for Brothers and Sisters of Someone With Addiction

A practical guide for brothers and sisters of someone with addiction: your own risk, the roles you take on, how to set limits, and where to find support.

Oct 26, 202614m

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Collegiate Recovery Programs: A Family Guide to Campus Support After Treatment

What a campus recovery program actually provides, the five questions to ask before move-in, and what changes legally the day your child turns eighteen.

Oct 23, 202615m

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Home Drug Testing: What the Kits Actually Detect, What They Miss, and When to Use One

What home drug tests really detect, how long drugs stay in urine, hair, and saliva, why false positives happen, and when testing helps rather than backfires.

Oct 21, 202614m

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North Carolina Opens a $3.5 Million Behavioral Health Unit Inside Its Juvenile Detention System

North Carolina opened PIVOT, a two-year, $3.5 million pilot bringing crisis stabilization and substance use care to youth inside juvenile detention.

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Raising Your Grandchild: A Practical Guide for Grandparents and Kinship Caregivers

Grandparents raising grandchildren need legal, financial, and emotional answers fast. Here's a practical guide to custody, benefits, trauma, and support.

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Oklahoma Is Sending Opioid Settlement Money to Schools: What the New Grants Cover

Oklahoma opened a new round of opioid-settlement grants for public schools, tech centers and colleges — up to $900,000 over three years for prevention.

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Safe Storage and Disposal of Prescription Medications: A Family Guide

Where leftover pills really come from, how to secure what stays in the house, and how to get rid of what doesn't — take-back, mail-back, or trash.

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