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Tragic Ole Miss student bought Smax Pseudo-DHM kratom from raided store: court docs An Ole Miss student found dead in his room bought kratom from a drug store which has since been raided – and store staffers warned undercover cops about the risks of taking the herbal supplement be…

Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students.

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Expanded Recall Now Links More Products to Ongoing Salmonella, E. coli Outbreaks Alfalfa sprouts from Everything Sprouts, LLC were just recalled and may be linked to ongoing salmonella and E. coli outbreaks.

Rising temperatures are creating longer breeding seasons for ticks that may cause illnesses like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Alpha-gal Syndrome.

The best way to avoid tick-borne illnesses is by preventing tick bites. APHA’s Get Ready initiative has tips to protect yourself from ticks, and what to do if a bite occurs: https://vist.ly/5csrr

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California toddler bitten by rattlesnake hiding beneath Amazon package amid active snake season A 3-year-old girl was bitten by a rattlesnake hiding beneath an Amazon package outside her California home, spending two days receiving antivenom.

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Arkansas health experts urge caution ahead of tick illness 'spike' As temperatures in Arkansas rise, health experts are warning people to take extra precautions against ticks this summer.

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FDA warns 8 retailers for selling unauthorized to***co products posing as candy, breath strips and cough drops ‘No to***co product should look like candy,’ says Bret Koplow, acting director of the FDA’s Center for To***co Products

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His mother went to wake him up. He didn’t wake up.
Thomas Habeeb, 22, was found dead in his bed at his family’s home in Georgia. The cause of death was fentanyl poisoning. The source was a THC v**e cartridge — the kind sold openly, often in convenience stores, often in packaging designed to look like candy or cereal boxes, with no ingredient list and no oversight.
Thomas had been terrified of fentanyl his entire life. He had watched friends die from it. He knew exactly what it could do to a person. He avoided it deliberately and consistently.
He just didn’t know it was in his v**e.
His father Tommy is now the one speaking publicly — not because it changes anything for his family, but because he believes it might change something for yours. Thomas had struggled with substance use in high school, gotten clean, graduated, and enrolled at North Georgia College to study finance. He was building something. He had a future mapped out. He came home for a visit and never went back to campus.
“Getting your confidence level back after cancer has its ups and downs,” his father said — a man who has spent the months since his son’s death trying to make sense of something that has none.
Brian Buffington, CEO of Eagle Overlook Recovery for Adolescents in Georgia, says the pattern Thomas fell into is happening to teenagers across the country right now. Young people testing positive for fentanyl who swear they have never touched it — because they haven’t. They v**ed THC. The fentanyl was already inside.
Some of these unregulated cartridges contain up to 90 percent THC oil. Many are laced with fentanyl during the manufacturing process, added as a cheap filler that the buyer never sees, never smells, and never suspects until it is too late.
Thomas Habeeb was afraid of fentanyl. He avoided it his entire life. One v**e cartridge ended that life anyway.
If your teenager v**es anything — anything at all — have the conversation tonight. Not tomorrow.

Don’t miss out! 💙

Join us for the **2nd Annual Community Health Fair and Baby Shower** hosted by the Little Rock Black Nurses Association of Arkansas!

🗓 Saturday, April 25, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 The Watershed Human Development Agency
3701 Springer Blvd, Little Rock, AR

✨ FREE health screenings:
• Blood Pressure
• Blood Glucose
• Cholesterol

✨ Helpful info on:
• Mental Health
• Body Mass Index
• To***co Cessation
• CPR

Bring your family and friends for a day of **health, resources, food, fun, and door prizes!** 🎉

We can’t wait to see you there!