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Ohio High School Seniors Lead Substance Use Prevention Summit for Middle Schoolers
Nearly 100 middle school students participated in a crucial lesson on substance use, with instruction and mentorship provided by Ohio high school seniors from the Fairfield Prevention Coalition. The goal of the summit is to raise awareness among younger students about the dangers of substance use.
Fentanyl: A Decade of Death
Fentanyl is driving overdose deaths in San Diego and beyond. Steve Breen and his San Diego-based nonprofit newsroom inewsource explore the problem and the human toll through illustrated storytelling.
Drugs and Mental Health Don't Mix: Check Out 'Free Mind'
From shareable fact sheets to educational web content, video PSAs, social media graphics, and an interactive graphic novel experience and conversation-starting card game (coming soon!), the CDC's Free Mind campaign offers a fresh, youth-friendly approach to help you and your peers cope with mental health problems and find healthy alternatives to substance use.
2024 Red Ribbon Photo Contest Winners Announced
The DEA and the National Family Partnership have announced the winners of the 2024 Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest!
Can You Spot the Difference?
Report: Young Americans are more and more likely to wind up in hospital ICUs after consuming fake, fentanyl-laced Oxycontin pills.
Gabi's Story
After surviving multiple overdoses, an Austin teen hopes to raise awareness about underage drug use.
'Know Ur Vape' Puts Drug-Free Twist on Unboxing Videos
Social media influencers put a twist on unboxing videos to demonstrate the dangers of vaping.
Protect Your Brain
This new video, produced by the Addiction Policy Forum, shares a few good strategies for protecting your brain from substance misuse disorder.
This is the 14th installment in a series of profiles featuring DEA special agents, diversion investigators, chemists, and more. Learn about the tough but fulfilling, fascinating, and vital work these DEA personnel do, as well as the many different ways to get involved in fighting drug misuse. For our 14th profile, we will be interviewing Special Agent Tim.
"It's just weed." Spend enough time at parties and you will probably hear this phrase used in instances of peer pressure to use marijuana. But what this reassurance does not convey is that cannabis is four times as potent today as it was just three decades ago.
Decorate your home or school with a double-looped Red Ribbon and this year's theme, “Life Is A Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free.™”, for your chance to win an iPad and $1,000 for your school.
From shareable fact sheets to educational web content, video PSAs, social media graphics, and an interactive graphic novel experience and conversation-starting card game (coming soon!), the CDC's Free Mind campaign offers a fresh, youth-friendly approach to help you and your peers cope with mental health problems and find healthy alternatives to substance use.
Nearly 100 middle school students participated in a crucial lesson on substance use, with instruction and mentorship provided by Ohio high school seniors from the Fairfield Prevention Coalition. The goal of the summit is to raise awareness among younger students about the dangers of substance use.