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The 2019 Minnesota Social Service Association Training Conference kicked off in Minneapolis on Wednesday, March 20th. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the first day and listen to the keynote speaker, Kevin Hines.  Kevin Hines is a brain/mental health advocate, award-winning global speaker, best selling author and documentary filmmaker who reaches audiences […]

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Linked: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health + Addiction

March 11, 2019 Adi Jaffe, Ph. D. Is addiction a biological disease that is driven by environmental factors or not? It will come as no surprise to you that childhood trauma, particularly unresolved trauma, can lead to mental health issues and addiction later in life. While less was known about the specific correlation in decades […]

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States Move Toward Regulating CBD Products

With the enactment of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, the federal government removed industrial hemp, as well as its derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids, from the definition of marijuana. It will now be lawful to grow and process industrial hemp as long as it and any resulting products do not contain more than 0.3 percent […]

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5 Things to Know About the Dangers of Vaping

How much do you know about vaping? Here are five things you need to know as a parent about vaping. The Source of the “Smoke”: E-cigarettes contain a vaporizer and nicotine cartridge that produce an aerosolized mixture of flavored liquids and nicotine, which is inhaled by the user. Nothing is burned, so no smoke is actually […]

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