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The Prevention Empowerment Partnership (PEP), an initiative of Marshall University’s Center of Excellence for Recovery, housed within the Marshall University Research Corporation, will host the National Drug Take Back Day in partnership with the Huntington Police Department, Cabell County Sheriff’s Department and Marshall University School of Pharmacy.

Miss America 2020 reminds colleges to warn their students to keep their prescription medication in a locked, secure location.

The Santa Fe College Police Department is partnering again with the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA’s) Prescription Drug Take Back Day, where they will be accepting unused prescription drugs from Thursday, April 20, through Sunday, April 23.

As an emergency and addiction physician practicing on the front lines of the emergency department, I am seeing firsthand the devastating damage marijuana causes.

James Wilkinson, MA, CAE, is the Chief Executive Officer of the American College Health Association. In this month’s article, he sounds the alarm on the fact that college students who use marijuana are twice as likely as college students who drink alcohol to engage in impaired driving. He also initiates a call to action that we must bring driving under the influence of cannabis to the center of prevention discussions and efforts.

(Partnership to End Addiction) Monday began National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) – started by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), it inspires meaningful conversations around youth substance use. We are honored to partner with NIDA to share facts around topics that are often steeped in misinformation and stigma. 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the American public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine. Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for veterinary use.

Experts discuss the ways to tell if a person has been drugged and what to do if you suspect it's happened.

Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among college students is on the rise across the country, according to a new Tulane University study published in the journal Addictive Behavior Reports.

The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis and has claimed the lives of 2,226 Virginians in the year of 2021 alone.