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Let’s Be Blunt About Marijuana In Malibu
Photo by Milan Loiacono The Golden State became a trailblazer in the field of marijuana back in 1996 when a majority of Californians were the first in the nation to vote yes on Proposition 215, according to the National Conference of State Legislators. Proposition 215 legalized the medicinal use of marijuana. Twenty years later in 2016, voters returned to the ballots to … [Read more...] about Let’s Be Blunt About Marijuana In Malibu
Fighting Addiction and Stigmas: The Impact of Prenatal Drug Exposure on Mothers and Babies
Art by Caitlin RoarkModeled by Katie Nance“It cuts across all segments of society,” said Professor Barry Lester, director of the Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk and professor of psychiatry and human behavior and pediatrics at Brown University.Prenatal substance use affects women of all regions, races and socioeconomic groups, Dr. Hendree Jones, … [Read more...] about Fighting Addiction and Stigmas: The Impact of Prenatal Drug Exposure on Mothers and Babies
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Vaping?: JUULs Usher in a New Age of Nicotine
Photos by Milan Loiacono "I’m definitely addicted,” Pepperdine senior Griffin Duvall said. “Mentally and chemically.” Duvall said he began smoking cigarettes during his sophomore year, while he was abroad in Florence, Italy. “I feel like everyone did,” Duvall said. “People try it because it's the culture.” After Duvall returned from Italy, he had a talk with his … [Read more...] about Where There’s Smoke, There’s Vaping?: JUULs Usher in a New Age of Nicotine
Cracking Cocaine Myths
Photo by Milan LoaiconoModeled by Ifeanyi Ezieme and Jon Michael RaaschNixon's War on Drugs began 48 years ago. “America's public enemy No. 1 in the United States is drug abuse," President Nixon said in a June 17, 1971 press conference. "In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”Nixon allocated federal resources to … [Read more...] about Cracking Cocaine Myths