The National Institute on Drug Abuse has published a new resource to provide teenagers with accurate information about opioids.

The publication includes a selection of facts on opioids, a section on opioids and heroin, and a helpful list of further resources.

The goal of the publication is to present the facts in a comprehensible, so that young people can make informed choices.

Dr Nora Volkow, NIDA Director, discusses the results of the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey during a teleconference which took place on December 17, 2018.

Monitoring the Future tracks drug use trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risks of specific drugs.

Click here for more knowledge share articles on the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey.

Drug and Alcohol Findings have announced the top five studies in the field of drug education. 

The five studies describe drug prevention curriculum and techniques that have been tried and tested, with varying degrees of success, in Western countries. The authors of the five studies analyse the evidence base and highlight discrepancies in the research. The pros and cons of the different programmes are discussed and the authors of the five studies go on to make recommendations as to whether the different forms of drug prevention curriculum could be successfully implemented within the British...

The Global Youth Forum at the NACADA, ISSUP and AU International Conference in Nairobi, Kenya played host to 186 youth from 19 different countries over the course of five days.

The Youth Summit was put on with funds from the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, sponsored by Colombo Plan’s Drug Advisory Programme, and trained and facilitated by CADCA’s Youth Leadership Initiative. The training team featured Robert Alvarez, Manager of CADCA Youth Leadership Initiative as well as Yvonne Stroman (Senior Trainer), Alexander Cook (Youth...