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Cocaine and Crack for Teens
Cocaine is a powerful and highly addictive stimulant drug. Find out more about cocaine and its effects.
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What Are Cocaine & Crack? for Parents
Cocaine and crack are illegal drugs that produce an intense high and can cause a stroke, heart attack, or even death.
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What Is Ketamine? for Parents
Ketamine hydrochloride is a quick-acting anesthetic that can cause intoxication, hallucinations, and even death when taken in dangerously high doses.
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Drugs: What Parents Need to Know for Parents
Knowing what drugs are out there, what they can do, and how they can affect someone is the first step in raising drug-free kids.
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What You Need to Know About Drugs for Kids
Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person's body works. Some drugs help you feel better, but drugs also can harm you. Learn more in this article for kids.
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Drugs: What to Know for Teens
It's not hard to find drugs, and sometimes it may seem like everyone's doing them or wanting you to do them. But there are downsides (and dangers) to taking drugs.
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Nosebleeds for Teens
Although nosebleeds are usually harmless and easily controlled, it may look like a gallon of blood is coming from your nose! Find out what causes nosebleeds and how to stop them.
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Kids and Smoking for Parents
The health risks of smoking are well known, many young people still do it. Here's how to help your kids avoid smoking, vaping, or using chewing tobacco - or quit, if they've already started.
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What's Addiction? for Kids
An addiction is an urge to do something that is hard to control or stop.
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What Is Fentanyl? for Parents
Fentanyl is a synthetic (man-made) opioid that doctors can prescribe to treat pain. Fentanyl is also made illegally and sold as a street drug.