On a Saturday afternoon last year, more than a dozen teenagers gathered in Denver to learn about naloxone, a medicinal nasal spray that can reverse an overdose of the synthetic drug fentanyl and other ...

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 ...

ON DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT THE ESCALATING OPIOID CRISIS IN NEW MEXICO. PROJECT ECHO AT UNM HEALTH AND SCIENCES CENTER IS PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING BERNALILLO COUNTY ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority and Drug Free Duval held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for a new branded bus which will provide free opioid overdose prevention ...

With a bit of grant funding from the Arkansas Department of Human Services, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit is providing free naloxone, fentanyl test strips, overdose response training and other ...

Amid a rise in fatal fentanyl overdoses, a San Diego County task force convened to identify substance abuse prevention solutions for local youths released a report Monday outlining its recommendations ...

Liberia has launched a pioneering, evidence-based school drug prevention initiative aimed at addressing rising concerns over substance abuse among young people, with education and development ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and the Tennessee Department of Health have shared new details on prevention and education initiatives in place to fight substance ...