Virginia’s Kymora Johnson was once sidelined for being a girl. Now she’s starring in March Madness.

SACRAMENTO — Almost eleven years before fueling Virginia’s Cinderella run in March Madness, Kymora Johnson had a “turning point.” Johnson, as a 10-year-old, was playing on a boy’s team. That youth basketball team was disqualified from a tournament after reaching the championship game because Johnson, a girl, was on the roster. The story made national…

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We Have a Substance Use Prevention Problem

We Have a Substance Use Prevention Problem

Every week in the pediatric emergency department, I watch the consequences of adolescent substance use arrive through our doors. Overdoses. Acute intoxication. Psychiatric crises triggered by substances that started as experimentation years earlier. And almost every time, somewhere in the history, there is a moment when prevention could have worked — and didn’t. We have…

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