Description Nicotine is one of more than 4,000 chemicals found in tobacco smoke and is the primary component that acts on the brain. Smokeless tobacco products such as snuff and chewing tobacco also contain high levels of nicotine as well as other toxins. Use Nicotine is absorbed through the skin an...

With spring on the doorstep, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) would like to remind the public that the best thing to do when encountering injured or orphaned wildlife is to leave it alone and undisturbed. Each year LDWF receives calls from concerned citizens who have found w...

Street Names • Crystal • Ice • Glass Description Methamphetamine was created as an artificial chemical substance. Methamphetamine is a powder, sometimes made into capsules or pills. Use Amphetamines are taken orally or injected. However, the addition of “ice,” the slang name for crystallized methamp...

If your child is not “online” already, he or she may soon be joining the millions of children who are using the Internet. Whether using the Internet a...

Bullying stops us from being who we want to be, and prevents us from expressing ourselves freely, and might even make us feel unsafe. If you are bulli...

Voters in Districts 5 and 6 are reminded that Early Voting for the March 26 election ends this Saturday, March 19. Early ballots may be cast at the Re...