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(May 1, 2018) The top 10 finalists for the Operation Prevention Video Challenge have been announced!

​In a recently posted advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams emphasized the importance of the anti-overdose drug naloxone.

(Notre Dame News, April 9) In 2010, the private pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma tried to reformulate the powerful painkiller Oxycontin to make it less addictive. But, according to new research, this effort did not help to reduce nationwide drug overdoses and may have amplified the heroin epidemic.

(CNN, April 2) The use of synthetic cannabinoids (sometimes referred to as fake weed) is believed to be behind more than 50 cases of severe bleeding and two deaths in Illinois.

(TIME) Deadly car crashes were 12 percent higher on April 20 after 4:20 p.m. compared to numbers a week before and a week after, researchers found. 

Dr. Peggy Glider, from the University of Arizona, is our latest guest on \"Prevention Profiles: Take Five.\" 

(Associated Press, March 27) A recently released toxicology report shows that the late singer, Prince, had an “exceedingly high” concentration of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in his body at the time of his death.

(The Washington Post, March 27) A new study highlights the significant impact drugs have had on American workers.

(Mashable, March 29) As opioid addiction continues to grip the nation, thousands people are turning to online communities for support.

(WABE, March 29) The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl has been behind many of the nation’s drug overdoses. Users or dealers mix it with another opioid, heroin, to increase the drug’s potency.