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Jane Sanville, MPH, a senior policy analyst for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, discusses the importance of drug use prevention initiatives for adolescents, as well as steps that schools and communities can take to address the...

Tobacco smoking rates among US adults with major depression and/or substance use disorder (SUD) declined from 2006 to 2019 at a more precipitous rate than among those without major depression and/or SUD, according to data from the National...

More than 70% of Americans surveyed recently by the research firm RIWI Corporation said they believe individuals who use drugs problematically are somewhat, mostly, or entirely responsible for their drug use, and those dependent on drugs have...

With the administration of President Joe Biden set to unveil its first national drug control strategy on Thursday, ONDCP Director Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, discussed the action items and principles at the core of the plan during an...

Jae Chung, DEA deputy chief of operations, shared details of the administration's "One Pill Can Kill" campaign during an Rx and Illicit Drug Summit session on Wednesday.

During the opening session on the third day of the 2022 Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, Debra Houry, MD, MPH, acting principal deputy director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), updated attendees on the CDC’s latest steps in...

Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, PhD, assistant secretary for mental health and substance use in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...

In recorded remarks presented at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, President Joe Biden emphasized the need for breaking down roadblocks to addiction treatment targeting the operations of drug traffickers.