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(NBC News, June 10) A newly released study reports that medicinal marijuana does not lower the opioid overdose death rate.

Join Elizabeth L. Maurer, Curator of Education for the DEA Museum at a panel discussion with three members of DEA Diversion Control.

The Partnership for Drug-free Kids is hosting four 60 minute interactive online sessions for parents and caregivers designed to address issues faced during the summer months – like increased free time and substance use.

(HealthDay News, May 16) The number people rushed to the emergency room due to heroin overdoses decreased between 2017 and 2018 in many U.S. states.

(Philly.com, May 16)  The infants of mothers who took opioids while they were pregnant feel pain more than other babies, according to a new study.

(HealthDay News, April 11, 2019) Between July 2016 and December 2017, 91 people in the U.S. died after overdosing on kratom, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(U.S. News, May 22) A new study links parental long-term opioid use to an increased suicide risk in their children.

(May 23, 2019) Take a peek into the inner workings of the Drug Enforcement Administration in our 2019 lecture series “Who We Are and What We Do.” 

(HealthDay News, May 10) If “doctor shopping” – the practice of going to many different doctors and/ or families for prescription drugs – doesn’t work, people looking to misuse opioid prescription drugs often turn to family members.

(Reuters Health, May 9) – Fewer people died due to opioids in states where naloxone is available without a prescription, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.