Drug prevention programs are a significant part of the national strategy to reduce the prevalence of substance use disorders. Schools are an important setting for these interventions because drug use ...

This month, a tragic wave of teen fentanyl deaths prompted Texas lawmakers to propose mandatory fentanyl prevention and drug poisoning education in grades 6-12. Other states around the country are ...

Forty percent of school and district leaders nationwide said their schools stock the opioid-reversing drug naloxone to counter dangerous drug overdoses, according to a survey this fall by the EdWeek ...

Anyone who was a teenager in the 1980s may well remember the phrase “Just Say No,” the centerpiece of a government-led anti-drug initiative launched by the late former first lady Nancy Reagan. The ...

Amid a rise in fatal fentanyl overdoses, a San Diego County task force convened to identify substance abuse prevention solutions for local youths. It released a report Monday outlining its ...

Prevention remains one of the most effective and cost-conscious tools we have in our fight against the drug crisis. This National Prevention Week, we urge lawmakers to renew their investments in ...

The center has already intervened in 134 overdoses that could have been fatal. It's been two months since New York City opened the first-ever overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United States, and ...

WASHINGTON - The top three programs used by schools to keep students away from drugs are either ineffective or haven't been sufficiently tested, new research suggests. In a study being published today ...

Amid a rise in fatal fentanyl overdoses, a San Diego County task force convened to identify substance abuse prevention solutions for local youths released a report Monday outlining its recommendations ...

Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast ...