Prevention remains one of the most effective and cost-conscious tools we have in our fight against the drug crisis. This National Prevention Week, we urge lawmakers to renew their investments in prevention and push back against industry-backed efforts to ...

RIZE Prevention Mentors Teens To Avoid Substance Abuse Before It Begins

Prevention is a community effort. We no longer live in a culture where there are off limit subjects. As a society, we can teach age-appropriate prevention. Children of parents who talk to their teens regularly about alcohol or drugs are less likely to use ...

A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, increase access to addiction treatment medications and support of harm reduction programs .

HANCOCK COUNTY — Officials who battle drug addiction and drug crimes on a daily basis want people to know this week has been Red Ribbon Week — a time set aside to raise awareness for drug prevention during the final days of Substance Abuse Prevention ...

Inside of New Haven’s iconic Frank Pepe Pizzeria on Tuesday, youth advocates came together alongside mentors, advisors and industry leaders to share a slice of pizza and discuss drug use prevention. The luncheon was hosted by the Governor’s Prevention ...

Culturally specific, school-based drug prevention curricula have been receiving increased attention in recent years. These programs are based on the premise that infusing youths' culture into the content and format of the prevention message will reduce adolescent drug use (Kandel 1995).