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More pills, fewer cigarettes, for county youth (sandiegouniontribune.com)

(Image: TBEC Review: the-best-electronic-cigarette-review.com) Among San Diego high school students, prescription drug use is up, and smoking is down, according to recently released survey data from the federal Center for Disease Control's Youth Risk Behavior. About 45% of teens said they had vaped. For Michelle Gilchrist's powerpoint of the CDC's survey data, please read: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jun/17/youth-risk-behavior/

California is failing our kids [SactoBee.com]

California’s economy is the seventh-largest in the world, and home to global industries that have revolutionized our way of life. Yet when it comes to caring for our children, we are failing to provide the essential services they need to thrive and succeed. The facts are disturbing and unacceptable. California ranks 49th among the states for standard of living for kids; roughly half of children are in families in or near poverty; nearly three-fourths of our youngest kids don’t receive health...

Study: Poverty In San Diego Suburbs Increasing (kpbs.org/news)

Poverty in San Diego is not confined to the urban core of the city. New   research   from National University System Institute for Policy Research found concentrated pockets of poverty have increased in suburban neighborhoods around the county. Erik Bruvold, the president of the National University System Institute for Policy Research and the author of the policy brief shared, " Concentrated poverty exists within cities often considered more wealthy than San Diego's urban core",...

State Dropping Ball in Dealing With Childhood Trauma, New Report Says [CaliforniaHealthline.org]

San Diego is mentioned in this article as a community that's integrating ACEs. The lowest of 31 grades issued in the  2016 California Children's Report Card  released on Wednesday was for dealing with the effects of childhood trauma. In Children Now's biennial assessment of the status of California kids, researchers gave the state a "D-" for how it deals with childhood trauma. The report contends that children who experience traumatic problems such as abuse, neglect and witnessing...

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