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Megan Feller smoked pot several times a day and couldn’t eat, sleep or function without it. But at the time, she didn’t see the need to reach out for help.

Laura Stack founded Johnny’s Ambassadors following her son’s death by suicide after becoming psychotic from dabbing high-THC marijuana concentrates. Her platform now brings prevention education to drug use prevention conferences, community groups, and schools to stop youth marijuana use.

The study found monthly simultaneous cannabis and alcohol (SCA) use is associated with increased depression in both male and female college students.

Students learn how to identify overdose symptoms and help apply aid.

Many college students today engage in the problematic use of stimulant drugs for academic purposes without a medical prescription.

Carlos Briano, a Public Information Officer with DEA El Paso, spreads the word about DEA's Red Ribbon Week Campus Video PSA Contest.

Illegal drug use continues to send young adults to the hospital.

Dr. Ashley Helle is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Missouri, licensed clinical psychologist, and Director for Engagement at the Missouri Center for Addiction Research and Engagement. In this month’s article, Dr. Helle focuses on using staff and student perspectives to improve alcohol and other drug misuse prevention services on campus.

As students return to classes, the DEA is on a mission to help prevent drug [misuse] on college campuses. 

College students are settling into their new routines for fall, and the Drug Enforcement Administration is working hard to ensure those routines do not include what could be a fatal mistake.