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Times Square, New York City. The Warriors stood alongside parents and families devastated by the poison called FENTANYL. We were surrounded by posters of their loved ones, lives cut short. Learn more. Take action. Talk about IT.

Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for ages 18-45. SHOCKING.

Mourning families mark National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day in Times Square –

What You Need To Know

• • Families, law enforcement officials and advocates gathered in Times Square Thursday to commemorate National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day
  • As family members spoke about their loved ones, the backdrop was a Times Square billboard showing the faces of people who have died from opioids, along with stats warning that opioids are the numbe rone killer of people in the U.S. ages 18-
  • In New York City, the opioid overdose death count in Q3 of 2024 was the lowest on record since 2020, according to the mayor’s office
  • Saint Patrick’s Cathedral partnered with the Black Poster Project and Facing Fentanyl to create a memorial showing pictures of those who lost their lives due to the opioid epidemic

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It offers another option from the ‘brick’ type phones many parents have turned to, allowing children to access social media and messaging if their parents agree, but with extra layers of safety inbuilt.

Finnish phone company Human Mobile Devices (HMD), which also makes Nokia handsets, developed the phone in response to widespread concerns from parents about standard smartphones.

Designed especially for children, creators said the Fuse handset, available with Vodafone and backed by the government, is not just a new model of phone but a whole new category.

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Children who regularly vape are three times more likely to become smokers later in life, a bombshell report has claimed.

Figures have long shown how the proportion of kids using e-cigarettes has exploded amid the decline of traditional smoking, with more than a third of 16 to 18-year-olds now regularly inhaling them.

For comparison, less than one in ten were doing so a decade ago.

But British researchers now believe the gadgets could pose a worse threat to children than thought.

In the largest global review on vaping in young people to date, experts from the University of York and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), found that vapers were also more likely to smoke more frequently and intensely.

Regularly using e-cigs could also increase the odds of respiratory illness and substance abuse, the scientists said.

However, other experts urged caution over the findings noting many of the studies assessed were merely observational and could not prove that vaping alone caused such health issues.

In the research, the scientists analysed 56 reviews on 384 youth vaping studies.

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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced legal action against Roblox, the #1 gaming site for children and teens.

The lawsuit, brought in the 21^th Judicial District of Louisiana, shows that through its online gaming service, Roblox:

• Has and continues to facilitate the distribution of child sexual abuse material and the sexual exploitation of Louisiana’s children.
• Knowingly and intentionally fails to implement basic safety controls to protect child users from predators.
• Knowingly and intentionally fails to provide notice to parents and child users of its dangers.

“Due to Roblox’s lack of safety protocols, it endangers the safety of the children of Louisiana. Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety. Every parent should be aware of the clear and present danger poised to their children by Roblox so they can prevent the unthinkable from ever happening in their own home,” said Attorney General Liz Murrill.

Roblox is an interactive online gaming platform launched in 2006 that facilitates “experiences” for users. It allows andencourages users to communicate with each other in real time.

There are nearly 82 million daily active users and more than 6.4 million experiences within the system.

 The company reports:

• 20% of users are under 9 years of age
• 20% are 9-12
• 16% are 13-16
•  44% are 17 years of age or older

Because there is no age minimum and requirement to verify age or parental permission once you sign-up, users can easily say they are younger or older than their actual age – allowing child predators to pose as children and for children to bypass any age requirement.

Once registered, users have access to millions of games such as sports, role-playing, naval, fashion, and comedy. Other games which have existed on the platform including Escape to Epstein Island, Diddy Party, and Public Bathroom Simulator Vibe are not as innocent. These games and others are often filled with sexually explicit material and simulated sexual activity such as child gang rape.

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