In a significant move to safeguard the well-being of middle and high school students across California, Governor Newsom has signed a vital piece of legislation, SB 10, known as Melanie's Law. This new law mandates measures to prevent and respond to fentanyl overdoses in the youth population. Governor Newsom made this announcement last Friday. Fentanyl,
Young people have been overdosing on fentanyl-tainted drugs much more frequently since the onset of the pandemic. In 2021 alone, 1500 young people under the age of 20 died from drug overdoses, with all those deaths involving fentanyl. Many of these youths wanted to buy drugs they believed to be far less potent, such as
The National Crime Prevention Council, best known for its McGruff ad campaign, sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland. The group, which typically advocates for crime victims and children, is calling for an investigation of Snapchat's role in the current fentanyl crisis among teens. Snapchat's Role in Teen Drug Overdoses Teens across the
Everyone knows that kids seem to grow up too fast nowadays, but research is showing that youths are waiting longer to try drugs or alcohol. New research shows that between 2004 and 2017, teens trying alcohol for the first time started doing it at an older age – from 16 to 17. For illicit drugs,
