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Write to Fight Drinking and Smoking Age

Write to Fight Drinking and Smoking Age

There is no doubt that many youth rights issues are not well represented to those who have the most resources and abilities to make change on a county, state, or federal level. The issues of drinking and smoking age are no different and I firmly believe that spreading out support over as many districts and…

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Tobacco 21 spearheaded by Vape and JUUL?

Tobacco 21 spearheaded by Vape and JUUL?

Reposted from Protect 18 with permission from the author. The recent inventions of vape and JUUL and their prevalence among teenagers have undoubtedly raised extreme moral panic around tobacco usage. Beginning around 2010-2011 tobacco use among U.S. middle and high schoolers started to rise due to the introduction of e-cigarettes, starting at around 2.1 percent…

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Tobacco age hikes put ageism above facts

Tobacco age hikes put ageism above facts

Most people would probably agree that tobacco smoking is bad, and that it is worthwhile to try to reduce its prevalence. But the recent trend toward raising the legal minimum age for purchase from 18 to 21 is the wrong approach. One indicator of officially sanctioned ageism is policymakers’ willingness to artificially increase the length…

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NYRA Members Oppose Smoking Age Raise

NYRA Members Oppose Smoking Age Raise

A bill has been introduced in the California legislature that will raise the smoking age to 21, making it the highest in the nation. NYRA member, Denis Hiller, has organized a campaign against this bill and testified before a California Legislative Committee on June 26 in oposition to this bill. Explaining his decision to fight…

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Agape Boarding School Has Gone Too Far!

Agape Boarding School Has Gone Too Far!

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GUEST POST: Missing Teenager

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Agape Boarding School Has Gone Too Far!

Reposted from our coalition’s website, We Warned Them. We are asking for your help. In Missouri, our friends from the TTI survivor community have drawn the line: Agape Boarding School has gone too far.  Agape, a residential troubled teen program located in Cedar County, Missouri, is under investigation for their abuse and for using unsafe,…
April 6, 2022
TagsBehavior Modification, Campaign Updates
Tay Arrow & Margaret Meyer
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GUEST POST: Missing Teenager

Sometime in the past week was the tenth anniversary of my first attempt at running away from home. I was just as much an adult ten years ago as I am today. The difference is that ten years ago it was legal to hit me, vanish my relationships, and sequester me from society. I look…
August 8, 2021
TagsBodily Autonomy, Financial Independence, Privacy
Tommy Crow
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Voices in Youth Rights – Reverend Jarvus Turnley

“Keep the fight going, be involved, hold adults, leaders, and the justice system accountable for their actions.” As part of the Voices in Youth Rights series, this interview features Jarvus Turnley, a NYRA volunteer from Springfield, Tennessee. In addition to volunteering with NYRA, Jarvus works on the Robertson County Tennessee foster care review board, coaches…
July 20, 2021
Carly Fabian
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