Watch: Take-Back Day PSA from Uttam Dhillon
DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon encourages Americans to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27, 2018.
Students’ pot use puts colleges’ funding at risk
(Boston Globe, October 8) It’s been two years since Massachusetts voters approved legalizing marijuana for adults over 21, and state officials are now starting to approve retail pot sales.
Cannabis 'more harmful than alcohol' for teen brains
(BBC, October 3) It found the impact on thinking skills, memory and behaviour was worse than that of teenage drinking.
Prescription stimulant misuse common among college students
(Healio Psychiatry, September 26) Using data from a multi-institutional survey of college students in the United States, researchers at Ohio State University found that nearly 16% of students reported misusing prescription stimulants.
College and non-college young adults show differing use patterns
(Addiction Professional, September 10) A comparison of substance use patterns among full-time college students and their non-student peers finds that daily marijuana use is significantly more common in the non-college group, while recent alcohol use is more common among college students.