The 2020 Red Ribbon Campus Video PSA Contest is Now Open! 

  • Watch: Red Ribbon Week Music Video

    screenshot from the Red Ribbon Week music video

    What are the ways you stay drug free?

    Check out this fun music video to learn more about the history behind Red Ribbon Week, how young people can celebrate, ways teens are staying drug free, plus much more.

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  • Michael Waggoner's story

    "Today, I strive to be a light of hope and have the ability to share my own personal experience with others in hopes of leading others towards a better way of life."

    Michael's drug addiction resulted in multiple overdoses and run-ins in with the law. Today, he's in recovery focusing on rebuilding relationships with his family and being a positive influence for his son.

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  • Virtual Tools for Staying Healthy

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    Check out these apps for staying healthy!

    (The NIDA Blog Team, August 2020) You can use your phone to do almost anything these days—including staying healthy. 

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  • Drug Alert: Marijuana Edibles

    marijuana edibles

    Find out why eating marijuana products is worse than smoking.

    Though smoking marijuana is the most prevalent method of consumption, eating marijuana is quickly becoming a popular way to use the drug.

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  • Victoria's Story

    Victoria's substance misuse began before she went to college. While on campus at Emory University in Georgia she helped start the school's Read More

  • Bertrand B's story

    Bertrand started misusing substances when he was only 9 years old. Today he is in recovery and works as an advocate for young people.

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