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Ben’s Friends: Staying sober in an industry surrounded by booze

Dry January is a time when many people abstain from drinking alcohol for a month. But for some, maintaining sobriety is a lifelong effort. For people working in the food and hospitality business, staying sober can be especially tough. The industry has one of the highest rates of substance abuse, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Ruby de Luna
Health

A New Way To Quit? Psychedelic Therapy Offers Promise For Smoking Cessation

Researchers are studying a new technique for quitting cigarettes. It involves cognitive behavioral therapy and guided hallucination sparked by psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms.
Stephanie O'Neill
National

At This Camp, Children Of Opioid Addicts Learn To Cope And Laugh

Camp Mariposa in Dayton, Ohio, is designed just for them. The program lets these children share their experiences, learn coping strategies and, most importantly, get to be kids.
Kavitha Cardoza
Health

How To Talk To Teens About Vaping

Vaping has attracted a new generation to nicotine, and is fueling a dangerous outbreak of lung disease. If you're a parent of a teen you're probably worried. But what should you say to your kids?
Emily Vaughn
Vaping lung disease: 3 possible new cases near Spokane

The three possible new cases are in eastern Washington near Spokane. Earlier this week King County confirmed its first case in a teenager who said he was vaping nicotine.
Patricia Murphy
Health

U.S. Overdose Deaths Dipped In 2018, But Some States Saw 'Devastating' Increases

Provisional overdose data for 2018 show a note of hope in an overall bleak picture. But in some states, the numbers actually got worse. What explains the disparities?
Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health

Why An Indonesian Rehab Center Doesn't Insist On Abstinence

Sam Nugraha of Indonesia says that in his country, a smile can be a mask covering inner turmoil. So how do you get addicts to be honest?
Julia Simon
Whatcom jail to provide meds for opioid addiction

People addicted to opiates in the Whatcom County Jail will now have access to medicated assisted treatments.
Patricia Murphy
National

Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses

When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.
Laurel Wamsley
No, that's not cocaine. People are buying fentanyl in disguise and dying

Overdose deaths from illicit fentanyl have spiked in Washington -- 81 in the first half of 2018, state officials say.
Patricia Murphy

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