DRUG PREVENTION

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Young Americans Drink Less. What Has Worked in Shifting Them Away from Alcohol?

For the first time in half a century, the United States has produced a generation of youths who are now coming of age and who are consuming less alcohol than the generations before them did when they were the same age. This article attempts to uncover why.

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Prescription Drug Take Back Days Are Successful. Is Mail-In Take Back the Next Logical Step?

A study found that leftover opioid medications were properly disposed of by 60% of study participants who had received a mail-in disposal kit, compared to just 43% of the study participants who had not received such a kit. Is a mail-in approach the next...

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Why Drug Prevention Is So Important

Decades of scientific efforts have sought to understand why some people become addicted to drugs and others do not. One research paper suggests the issue is far simpler than what many believed. According to the data, anyone and everyone are at risk for...

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A Short Outline for Saving America from Addiction and Overdose Deaths

America is in a bloody battle to save the lives of their loved ones. Family members of anyone who is addicted tremble when the phone rings. Entire communities are ravaged by the deaths of people dear to them.

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Declines in Youth Drug Use Offer a Bright Spot of Hope

Every year, the Monitoring the Future survey allows us to examine trends in drug and alcohol use among our teens. In this new report, the fact that teen use of most drugs continued their decline provides a bright spot amid concerns about our national opioid...

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New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office Takes to Social Media to Prevent Overdose Deaths

When it comes to heroin and painkiller addiction and overdoses, the Northeast United States has been very hard hit. In Hackensack, New Jersey, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) decided to fight back using social media tools.

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Effective Strategies to Stop Teen Drug Abuse

According to the results of the 2012 Monitoring the Future survey, published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 36.4 percent of American high school seniors admitted to having used marijuana within the past year. Included in this figure is...