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Fentanyl Was Killing Their Friends – and No One Was Talking About It. So These Teens Stepped Up

As fake pills send teen overdose deaths skyrocketing, these high schoolers are filling an information void with films and peer-to-peer education

We're the First Ladies of Virginia & New Jersey. We Need a New Way to Talk to Kids About Drugs | Opinion

Every generation has its drug prevention slogan. But with the rise of deadly fentanyl, it's time for some new words of caution.

Louisiana Couple Brings Red Ribbon Week Drug Use Prevention Program to Local Schools

St. Tammany Parish is no exception when it comes to substance abuse problems, but how does a community rally around a cause that can be so daunting?

Medical, Recreational Marijuana Legalization Associated With Higher Rates of Youth Suicide, Study Shows

Female youth aged 12 to 24 and youth of both sexes aged 14 to 16 living in states with legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana between 2000 and 2019 had higher rates of death by suicide than youth in states with no such laws, according to a report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Daily Marijuana Use Outpaces Daily Drinking in the US, a New Study Says

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.

Hallucinogen-Related Emergency Department Visits Surge 54 Percent in California

Observed hallucinogen-associated ED visits increased by 54% between 2016 and 2022, from 2,260 visits to 3,476 visits.