Long-term, the most important strategy for combatting prescription drug abuse is to prevent the abuse of all substances. The key to prevention is raising young citizens who have the knowledge, support ...

During the Opening Ceremony, Ms. Candice Welsh, the Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs UNODC warmly greeted the youth participants, emphasizing the high potential of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. San Francisco has thrown just about everything to try to put an end to the drug markets with little or no success. But now, some ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Fentanyl strips and Narcan vending machines have served as leading efforts in overdose prevention in Dane County, but some advocates and local leaders are looking to bring a more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drug prevention education keeps up-to-date with modern issues in the drug epidemic which include the rise of opioids as well as ...

As science teacher Zach Lazar looks out across his classroom at South Eugene High School, he sees more kids struggling than he did before the pandemic. In the past two years, Lazar said, three of his ...

Gov. Phil Scott, as expected, vetoed a bill on Thursday that aims to reduce overdose deaths by giving people a supervised place to use illegal drugs. H.72 instructs the Vermont Department of Health to ...

As the global community gathers for the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Kenya has issued a rallying cry for African nations to place human dignity at the heart of ...