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'The Time to Act Is Now' -- California School Makes Fentanyl Mini-Film
A California school community released a mini-film on the fentanyl epidemic, showing how America's #1 drug threat can impact students and their families.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month is here! Check out the advice and resources below to make sure you and your friends are living life to the fullest.
Fact or Fiction? Take the Drug Quiz!
Do you know the facts about drugs? Take this fact or fiction quiz and see how knowledgeable you are.
How Much Do Your Friends Know About Fentanyl?
Less than half of young Americans ages 13-24 and just over a third of teens know that fake pills are manufactured with fentanyl, according to a study commissioned by nonprofit charity Song for Charlie.
Protect Your Brain
Check out these tips!
This new video, produced by the Addiction Policy Forum, shares a few good strategies for protecting your brain from substance misuse disorder.
If you’re looking for accurate information about counterfeit pills, we’ve pulled together some of the internet’s most searched questions about them and answered.
During National Prevention Week, communities and organizations across the country come together to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and mental health promotion.
Do you play sports? If you’ve ever gotten seriously injured on the field or on the court, your doctor may have prescribed you some powerful pain medication.
A California school community released a mini-film on the fentanyl epidemic, showing how America's #1 drug threat can impact students and their families.
One in four middle and high school students has reported abusing prescription stimulant medications used to treat ADHD, according to a cross-sectional study recently published in the journal JAMA Network Open. 1 Non-medical use of prescription stimulants among teens remains more prevalent than misuse of other prescription drugs, including opioids and benzodiazepines, the research found.
As an emergency and addiction physician practicing on the front lines of the emergency department, I am seeing firsthand the devastating damage marijuana causes.