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How UAB is Making an Impact on the Opioid Crisis

(UAB News, June 6) The numbers — and the heartbreaking stories contained within them — are staggering.

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The Importance of Preventing Drug Abuse Among College Students

There is a high cost for not implementing best practices in drug abuse prevention for students, campuses, and the larger community.

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Many College Students Use ADHD Drugs to Power Through Exams

(NBC Washington, May 13) Many college students are turning to pills instead of caffeine to get them through all-nighters, in what’s being called a crisis on campus.

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Cartel Member Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping, Torturing DEA Agent in Notorious 1985 Killing

(Associated Press, May 2) A 77-year-old man has been arrested in the 1985 killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent -- a horrific death that marked the first time a cartel had attacked and killed a U.S. drug agent.
 

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Engaging Students to Enhance Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education

For practitioners working on alcohol and other drug prevention in higher education, it is important for us to engage with our communities of focus to create buy-in, understand needs, and implement strategies that will have a higher likelihood of success. 

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Making Prevention and Early Intervention the First Lines of Defense for this District Attorney’s Office

My DA’s office covers a territory in western Massachusetts that includes a large public university, four private colleges, and a well-regarded community college.

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DEA warns of alarming increase of scam calls

WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities.

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New concern on college campuses: ‘drunkorexia,’ a combination drinking and eating disorder

(The Washington Post, March 11) Unfortunately, campus authorities and researchers are reporting a practice that turns the full-stomach drinking strategy on its head: Rather than filling up before a night of partying, significant numbers of students refuse to eat all day before consuming alcohol.

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Addressing the Impacts of Legalized Marijuana in Your College Communities

On January 1, 2014, it became legal in Colorado and Washington State for adults 21 and over to buy marijuana for non-medical use in communities that chose to implement the new law. 

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The Consequences of Not Complying

(Inside Higher Ed, February 18) Since the release of the (now rescinded) April 2011 Dear Colleague letter on sexual violence, hardly a week has passed without news of a campus sexual assault or a lawsuit or federal investigation about one.