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A Call to Action to Intensify Substance Use Prevention

The negative impact of excessive drinking and substance use on one’s physical health is well documented. What is often overlooked is the ways in which substance use can interfere with academic engagement, which sometimes can be subtler, but also very serious.

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‘Napkin that knows’: DC college student creates KnoNap to detect drugs in drinks

Pharmacists share drug abuse research

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Statewide Work Transforms Our College Environments

Over the past seventeen years, I have had the honor of serving as the project director of Missouri Partners in Prevention, my state’s higher education prevention coalition.

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Md. College Student Wins Top Prize in Red Ribbon Week Video Contest

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Colleges using sober dorms to combat alcohol, drug addiction

Massachusetts university makes anti-overdose drug available in campus buildings

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Sensible Strategies for Promoting Healthy Choices

David S. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Education and Human Development, George Mason University

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Opioids now kill more people than breast cancer

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Collegiate Recovery

For most students, a common misperception is that the college experience includes frequent alcohol parties, most college students use marijuana and other illegal drugs, and many use prescription drugs recreationally.