Houston, TX – The current fentanyl crisis has caused a shift in drug education. Now, schools and police departments feel children as young as the 5th grade should learn about the dangers of hard drugs ...

For decades, being a public school student in the United States almost universally meant you were required to sit through the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. But for all the stern ...

District schools are taking a new tack when it comes to teaching kids how to avoid drugs. Along with stocking schools with naloxone, teachers are also working with students on what to do in real-life ...

Drug prevention and education programs work. It helps educate and prepare people of all ages. Amid the opioid epidemic, it has become even more critical because of the dangers fentanyl poses to anyone ...

Prescription opioid abuse is down among young people even as it continues grow among adults. Could more comprehensive addiction education be the catalyst behind this shift? NewsHour Extra education ...

The 19-year-old recounts a recent incident in which his friends got ahold of a drug that test strips showed was laced with fentanyl, a potent, often deadly, synthetic opioid. "That's kind of when I ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Drug Education Council is putting their heads together to help students think smarter about brain health. Standing 12 feet tall and stretching 18 feet long, the megabrain is ...

ZANESVILLE — The Muskingum County Prosecutor's Office is awarding more than $30,000 in drug forfeiture money to local schools and community organizations for drug education and prevention programming.

At this time 30 years ago, we found ourselves in the midst of one of the worst public health crises in U.S. history, one that killed tens of thousands of people a year. Somehow today, we find ...