Most Reported Substance Use Among Adolescents Held Steady in 2022

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• January 17th, 2023
• adolescents, alcohol, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, Monitoring the Future Survey, prescription medications, substance use, vaping
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The percentage of adolescents reporting substance use in 2022 largely held steady after significantly declining in 2021, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future survey of substance use behaviors and related attitudes among eighth, 10th, and 12th graders in the United...

NIH Launches Harm Reduction Research Network to Prevent Overdose Fatalities

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• January 17th, 2023
• addiction, cocaine, fentanyl, harm reduction, harm reduction research, heroin, methamphetamine, overdose, Winter 2023 Issue
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To address the overdose crisis in the United States, the National Institutes of Health has established a research network that will test harm reduction strategies in different community settings to inform efforts to help save lives. The harm reduction research network’s efforts build on existing...