Alisa Cunningham is a Wellness Division commander for the Counter Narcotic Alliance-AZHIDTA, Mayra Jeffery is an outreach and education programming overseer for the Division of Community Mental Health and Addiction at the Pima County Health Department, and Jaime Burnett is a public health analyst for Overdose Response Strategy at the CDC Foundation. In this month’s article, they discuss an awareness campaign and training to empower students to prevent overdoses and intervene effectively.

Save the date: September 8-November 3

On September 8, full contest rules for this college and university contest will be available here.

The guest on this encore episode of Prevention Profiles: Take Five is Sherrá Watkins, Ph.D., Vice President for Health and Wellness at The University of Utah. During the interview, Dr. Watkins discusses progress made and remaining challenges to reduce stigma around substance use disorders, especially among college students; ways in which the prevention field can work to increase cultural competence when it comes to new professionals; how the field can transcend alcohol and drug misuse prevention from being solely a student affairs issue to a broader institutional issue; and more!

Share these cannabis prevention graphics, part of the "Just Say Know" campaign by Johnny's Ambassadors.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has released the 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment, DEA’s comprehensive review of the threats posed to the United States by deadly illicit drugs and the violent domestic and international drug trafficking organizations responsible for producing and trafficking the drugs poisoning our communities.

Congratulations to Kennesaw State University, Baylor University, and the University of Utah for winning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place, respectively, in the 2024 Red Ribbon Week Campus Video PSA Contest, cosponsored by DEA and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Check out the schools' winning entries.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is pleased to announce the next installment of its collaboration with the Elks Drug Awareness Program. From the science of addiction to the impact of influencers, take a peek at the topics, as well as guests of upcoming episodes of "Awkward Conversations", Season 4 by accessing the DEA news release.

The Drug Enforcement Administration presents the 2024 edition of "Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students". In this 2024 edition of the guide – first published in 2020 – you will find updated data, profiles highlighting real-life stories from campus prevention professionals focused on a unique or innovative approach to the Strategic Prevention Framework, ideas for building considerations of cultural factors into each step of the SPF, and five strategies for success during times of disruption to campus life.

Schools across the nation have started to rally around the effort to educate their campuses and local communities about the issue. Is your school using ‘One Pill Can Kill’ materials to get the word out about counterfeit pills? If so, let us know!