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This is the 14th installment in a series of profiles featuring DEA special agents, diversion investigators, chemists, and more. Learn about the tough but fulfilling, fascinating, and vital work these DEA personnel do, as well as the many different ways to get involved in fighting drug misuse. For our 14th profile, we will be interviewing Special Agent Tim.
Test your knowledge of THC's forms, symptoms, and more with this quiz from Johnny's Ambassadors.
"It's just weed." Spend enough time at parties and you will probably hear this phrase used in instances of peer pressure to use marijuana. But what this reassurance does not convey is that cannabis is four times as potent today as it was just three decades ago.
Female youth aged 12 to 24 and youth of both sexes aged 14 to 16 living in states with legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana between 2000 and 2019 had higher rates of death by suicide than youth in states with no such laws, according to a report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Exercise is safe and effective, and especially helpful in long-term recovery from substance use disorders.
During National Prevention Week, communities and organizations across the country come together to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and mental health promotion.
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High school seniors throughout Mobile County, Alabama were recognized by the Drug Education Council at the Red Ribbon Student Leaders Award Ceremony.
Nearly 100 middle school students participated in a crucial lesson on substance use, with instruction and mentorship provided by Ohio high school seniors from the Fairfield Prevention Coalition. The goal of the summit is to raise awareness among younger students about the dangers of substance use.
Hint: This pipe was used to smoke it. Find out in a Stories from the Collection video from the DEA Museum.
A high school senior in Missoula is leading the fentanyl prevention program as her senior project.
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How many hours of sleep do you get per day?
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The DEA and the National Family Partnership have announced the winners of the 2024 Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest!
Sydney Pritchett is a senior of Selma High School, who is no stranger to advocating for change within the Selma [Alabama] community.
A partial autopsy conducted on former One Direction singer Liam Payne found multiple substances in his system when he fell to his death from the third-floor balcony of a hotel room in Argentina last week, according to a new report from ABC News.