Dr. Milan Khara, who specializes in smoking and vaping cessation, agrees that it’s best to lead with empathy and compassion and approach vaping just like any other substance use disorder.

Teen tobacco use has long been linked to lifelong dependency, with 9 out of 10 cigarette users claiming they picked up their first cigarette before the age of 18. The introduction of e-cigarettes has ...

This story was co-published with permission from MindSite News. Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with a mental health condition known as oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which ...

Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with a mental health condition known as oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which serves to label them as “bad kids” and perpetuates systemic racism, ...

SPPD is also working on how to mitigate the current trend of young teens killing other young teens with guns. "The city has tried to find ways to kind of mitigate that over the last year.