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(University at Buffalo, May 10) Marijuana use – especially combined with tobacco use – during pregnancy is connected to low infant birth weight and behavior problems, according to researchers from the University of Buffalo.

(Washington Post, May 14) More U.S. workers tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine in 2017, according to numbers from Quest Diagnostics. The company analyzed more than 10 million drug tests.

(The Guardian, May 17) Between 2004 and 2014, the number of American young people between ages 12 and 21 who tried marijuana as their first drug doubled, according to a study.

(Healthline, May 11) Powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl are being mixed with non-opioids drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine, according to a recent report from JAMA. 

Dr. Eric Davidson, from Eastern Illinois University, is our latest guest on \"Prevention Profiles: Take Five.\" 

(Reuters Health, April 23) Teens that vape (use electronic cigarettes) are probably twice as likely to smoke marijuana as teens who don’t, according to a study entitled “E-Cigarette and Liquid Nicotine Exposures Among Young Children.”

(CNN, May 1) Chris Herren, a former McDonald’s All-American who went on to play for the NBA’s Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets, started struggling with addiction at age 18 when he first tried cocaine

(HealthDay News, May 1) More people now die from overdosing on synthetic opioids – mainly fentanyl – than prescription painkillers, according to a recent study.

(May 7, 2018) The Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest Take-Back Day brought in almost  1 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medication. 

On May 30, 2018 the DEA Museum will host a panel discussion entitled “Designer Drugs: A New Look at Some Old (and Not So Old) Drugs” regarding new medical applications for common drugs of abuse.