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Kids who saw an ad for legal marijuana were more likely to report smoking it one year later, according to a Rand Corp. report.

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In The Age Of Legalization, Talking To Kids About Marijuana Gets Tougher

11:32am November 10, 2017

by Anna Gorman

Now that recreational marijuana use in California and other states is legal for adults and marketers are ramping up ads, youth drug educators fear that kids may think it's safe for them to light up.

Sabas Sanchez Jr. was better known among his neighbors in Madison, Neb., as "Gordo" — Spanish for chubby. He also had an oversized personality. His father keeps this tattered photo in his wallet.

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In America's Heartland, Heroin Crisis Is Hitting Too Close To Home

1:15pm May 26, 2015

by Bobby Caina Calvan

Midwestern and Southwestern states struggle with an influx of heroin being sold for cheap by Mexican cartels. In one community, a spike in heroin-related deaths has everyone on high alert.

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