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(21 de enero de 2020) ¡Felicitaciones a la Universidad Troy! Estudiantes de esa escuela de Alabama produjeron el video que ganó el cuarto concurso Colegial Anual de Videos de Servicio Público con motivo de la Semana del Listón Rojo. 

(DEA, December 20)  The effort was part of 'Operation Vapor Lock.'

(Kaiser Health News, November 25) Cocaine-related deaths have increased in recent years, according to the latest government numbers.

(Rutgers, December 13) From 2000 to 2015, the number of teens overdosing from benzodiazepines (medication commonly used to treat anxiety) increased 54%.

(CNN, December 20) In 2018, 12 million adults in the U.S. admitted that they drove under the influence of marijuana within the last year, according to a new report.

​(MSN, December 5) A new study links daily marijuana use to an increased risk of developing cancer.

In 2019, 14% of high school seniors admitted to vaping marijuana in the past month, according to the most recent Monitoring the Future survey.

Un nuevo video educativo, “Los adolescentes reaccionan a conversaciones con sobrevivientes de la adicción”, producido por la DEA y el Programa de Concientización sobre Drogas (DAP, por su sigla en inglés) ELKS, muestra esas conversaciones reales entre adolescentes, padres y sobrevivientes de la adicción. 

(The Associated Press, October 25) Methamphetamine is hitting western regions of the nation hard, according to a recent report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.  

(CNN, November 11) College marijuana use has increased over the years, according to a recent study based on data from National Survey on Drug Use and Health between 2002 and 2016.