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A small number of doctors approve an outsized share of medical marijuana cards in Pennsylvania, state health department records obtained by Spotlight PA reveal.

A new study has experts beaming with hope as it shows teen drug use at a record low, but they admit confusion as to why the trend is happening and how to ensure it continues.  

The DEA and the National Family Partnership have announced the winners of the 2024 Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest!

Nearly three-fourths of tobacco and vape stores in the United States sell an addictive, dangerous substance with connections to liver toxicity, seizures and death, according to a new study from the University of Mississippi.

Sydney Pritchett is a senior of Selma High School, who is no stranger to advocating for change within the Selma [Alabama] community.  

A partial autopsy conducted on former One Direction singer Liam Payne found multiple substances in his system when he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of a hotel room in Argentina last week, according to a new report from ABC News.

A massive study of available data finds teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school.

On just one sweltering day during the hottest June [2024] on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a freeway bridge and a 41-year-old woman was found slumped outside a business.

Federal authorities are warning about a new illegal drug increasingly being distributed in New York.

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so, even as overall drug use has dropped slightly. In a 2022 analysis of fentanyl-laced prescription pills, the DEA found that six out of 10 contained a potentially lethal dose of the drug.