Adolescent drug fatalities, especially involving fentanyl, increased slower in 2023, with a slight decline in overall fatalities. Fentanyl-related deaths in adolescents rose from 32% in 2018 to 76% in ...

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 ...

The rising number of overdose deaths among young Americans is "very, very concerning" said National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Dr. Nora Voklow, who cited fentanyl as a leading cause of the ...

Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly. By Matt Richtel Historically speaking, it’s not a bad time to be the ...

In The 80's D.A.R.E was widely accepted by schools all over the country, but scientists found it wasn't really effective. Fast forward to present day and D.A.R.E is still around... sort of. Myles ...

CLEVELAND, Texas – The number of adolescent overdoses involving fentanyl has been on the rise for over a decade causing some school districts to stock up on the opioid reversal drug Narcan.

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 ...

Public schools in America tend to focus their drug education around a seemingly simple idea: “just say no” that instructs teenagers to abstain from alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. Now, there is a ...

The teens thought they were taking prescription pills for pain and relaxation, drugs like Valium or Percocet, that they bought from friends or from social media. But the pills they took were ...

On a recent Thursday afternoon, the whiteboard of the Youth Overcoming Drug Abuse program headquarters on Charlotte Avenue is adorned with wisdom from the program’s participants. Among the ...

Those who grew up when Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) pamphlets were common in the school counselor's office are probably familiar with the “gateway drug” theory, which suggests the use of ...