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Vaping is the new “cool thing” today. Considered a healthy alternative to smoking, it is gaining popularity among teenagers. However, is it as harmless as most believe it to be?   According to a study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco this is not the case. The urine samples which were collected from teenagers which were engaged in vaping...

The Warped Tour, which featured many great alternative acts for years, is finally coming to an end this summer. But the founder of the Warped Tour, Kevin Lyman, has a new mission in mind for the future.  As The Fix reports, Lyman has a new organization, Full Energy, No Drugs, or FEND, which may bare a small resemblance to DARE,...

Addiction and rock and roll often go hand in hand, and because a lot of lives were left behind, many of today’s musicians are a lot savvier about drug abuse today. Flea, bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has seen enough addiction and death over his career, and has spoken out about it for Time. ”I’ve been around substance...

Many current TV shows have been dealing seriously with mental health and depression issues. Now several entertainment sites have listed current shows that take an honest look at depression and mental health. As the site, High Snobiety writes, “In the last year, a new and captivating frontier for television has popped up in an unexpected place: teen drama...While we have...

Ten years ago, Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives wrote about his time in inpatient rehab on Instagram, where many in recovery often write about their experiences getting sober.  As Us Magazine, Metcalf took a picture of himself before he checked in to inpatient rehab after partying for three days. Metcalf checked in on March 19, 2007. “These were some of...

Addiction can hit any walk of life, and it has been especially prevalent in the entertainment industry. Lately, addiction and mental health issues have hit the hip-hop world hard, causing many to take a close look at what’s going on, and how the rap community can help itself heal.  In reporting on hip hop and mental health, The L.A. Times...

Caty Davis, who is also known as Miss Tennessee, is speaking out about addiction because as she told Knox News, “I grew up in a family plagued by addiction. I have 12 family members who have or are still struggling with addiction. Unfortunately, I lost my father, my brother, and grandfather to addiction, all to this brain disease that alters...

Depression is a horrible and debilitating disorder, but much like the saying that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and one woman wrote for Popsugar how going through depression made her a better person.  As Jen Porcelli writes, she describes depression as “climbing up treacherous mountains, hanging from a ledge grasping for dear life, hiding from all of the...

Franz Kafka once said: “My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well.” He might not have...