Two New Studies Discredit the CDC's Dire Warnings About E-Cigarettes and Teenagers
Very few nonsmoking teenagers vape regularly, and even fewer vape nicotine.
Very few nonsmoking teenagers vape regularly, and even fewer vape nicotine.
A new study makes the CDC's equation of vaping with tobacco use look even more ridiculous.
U.S. total fertility rate close to lowest ever too
If convicted, the boy-an 18-year-old homeless refugee from Ghana-faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, with life imprisonment possible.
Fourteen "attractive girls" have gone missing from the Bronx since July 2014, said Councilman Andy King, and he suspects the worst. There's just one problem...
The results contrast with those from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
The CDC's own data belie its warnings that e-cigarettes are a gateway to the real thing.
The CDC's data belie its warnings about e-cigarettes.
Louisiana state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson just blocked a bill that would have provided relief to those sentenced as children to life without parole.
Underage consumption is lower today than it was before two dozen states legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use.
Prohibitionists warned that loosening legal restrictions on cannabis would encourage teenagers to smoke pot.
Officials claim that more than 1,000 Ohio children are "trafficked into the sex trade each year." Here's why they're wrong.
"The medium is not the issue," says a U.S. District Court, if the message itself is "problematic."
The percentage of students who say pot is easy to get shows little change in recent years.
No evidence of a real sex-trafficking epidemic? No problem! The state has ways of creating sex traffickers...
The agency bizarrely counts tobacco-free, noncombustible e-cigarettes as a kind of tobacco.
Contrary to what prohibitionists claim, the numbers from Colorado are equivocal.
A variation on beer pong, it pits Jews against Nazis, each with their own symbolic cup formation.
Colorado's numbers do not show what opponents of legalization claim.
Rather than create new misdemeanors, states should take a page from statutory rape laws.
Lighter penalties are apt to encourage prosecution for behavior that shouldn't be a crime.
Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around.
Neither Colorado nor Washington has seen a statistically significant change in underage use since legalization.
Cannabis consumption is up since the early 1990s but still substantially lower than in the '70s.
Teenagers who swap nude photos of themselves should not be branded as sex offenders.
Looks like the teen was framed by a bully
Did teens learn about grinding from illicit VHS tapes?
Ben Nichols, who later changed the charges to misdemeanors, argues that the state's marijuana laws are needlessly confusing.
A series of misunderstandings created the impression that the legislature had boosted penalties.
The answer, like the frequency of youth gun carrying, may vary from state to state.
Probably not, but it's worrisome that the question confuses legislators, prosecutors, regulators, and the governor.
Schools should call the cops as a matter of last resort, not as a default response to misbehavior.
Pikesville Middle School 13-year-old charge with second-degree assault.
Prosecutors say Michelle Carter "wantonly and recklessly" caused her boyfriend's death.
Zach Anderson's sentence vacated.
Kafka-esque sexting nightmare
Is it possible for two teens to sexually exploit each other?
But can adults be prosecuted for consensual sexting? Maybe.
Congratulations, GenXers: You were better than the millennials at getting laid.
Same judge, same story.
Fears that e-cigarettes lure nonsmokers into nicotine habits seem to be unfounded.
But a curfew will still be in effect Monday night.
Invasion of privacy charges could lead to juvenile lockup or state prison for Cape May teens.
Plaintiffs coerced into prostitution as teens alleged that Backpage was complicit in their trafficking.