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On Wednesday evening, Detroit public schools students and community leaders held a town hall at the Farwell Recreation Center to take a stand against vape and marijuana products in schools.
97% of American youth, ages 12-17, play video games. Leveraging this popularity by way of esports provides a unique mechanism to deliver DEA’s life-saving message of “One Pill Can Kill” to this hard-to-reach demographic.
Illinois high school students made a PSA video for a Health Occupations Students of America competition, highlighting the dangers of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Your friends and family can tell when you’re high — and so can law enforcement. Driving high is impaired driving and it’s illegal. If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Drive high, get a DUI.
Get some ideas for your own drug prevention efforts by watching a substance use PSA and behind-the-scenes footage out of Williamsburg Middle School in Arlington, Va.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This powerful film by The Harris Project brings the connection between mental health and substance use out of the shadows and into the light.
They used to be illegal, but now state law requires them on some campuses – and they're everywhere from vending machines to bars. Fentanyl test strips are intended to help young people avoid fentanyl-laced counterfeit prescriptions or drugs. But many warn that test strips alone could do more harm than good. We put fentanyl test strips to the test, and what we found could save someone you know.