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The Drug Enforcement Administration warns the American public of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. 

(Psych Congress Network, September 1) Half of younger adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report having experienced a substance use disorder in their lifetime, according to findings published in Alcohol and Alcoholism.

(National Institute on Drug Abuse, September 8) Marijuana use continued to rise among college students over the past five years and remained at historically high levels among same-aged peers who are not in college in 2020, according to survey results from the 2020 Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel study.

CAPT Jeffrey Coady, Psy.D., Acting Director of Center for Substance Abuse Prevention at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

(KTVZ, August 17) College students who misuse prescription stimulants or opioids often experience negative mental health and academic outcomes, even if they don’t use other illicit drugs, a recent Oregon State University study found.

Intentional or accidental overdoses can occur when someone you know takes too much of a drug — even if it's the first time taking the drug, and whether the drug is illicit, prescription, or over the counter. 

(University of North Carolina, August 3) First-year college students are reporting drinking less alcohol and having fewer episodes of binge drinking four months into the coronavirus pandemic than they were before the pandemic started, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

On July 14 at 2 p.m. ET, Campus Drug Prevention will be co-hosting a Twitter chat with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Communities Talk initiative on underage drinking and substance misuse prevention on college campuses.