Chat Day: Your Drug Questions Answered

Are bath salts made in a bathtub? What is krokodil? Get answers to these questions and more.

Earlier this year, NIDA scientists answered questions about drugs from teens across the nation.
View the top questions and answers.
Teens Celebrate Being Drug-free Through Music

Listen to their songs

Each year, the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares® Teens Make Music Contest encourages teens across the nation to create original songs and/or music videos promoting a life free of drugs and the dangers of substance misuse.
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Quiz: Marijuana Concentrates

Test your knowledge!

How much do you know about marijuana concentrates? Take the quiz below to test your knowledge.
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Five Quick Facts: Carfentanil

Carfentanil is a dangerous new factor in the nation’s opioid crisis. See five quick facts about the drug.
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Drugs Effect on the Brain

Drug use has a huge effect on how your brain develops, especially during your teen years since the brain isn’t done developing until about the age of 25. Read More
Squad Vlog: Facing Addiction

What if you could look into the future and see what your life would be like if you became addicted to drugs? Watch how the SMOSH Squad handled an up close look at addiction. Read More
Preventing Opioid Misuse among High School Student-Athletes: Playbook for Students

Do you play sports? If you’ve ever gotten seriously injured on the field or on the court, your doctor may have prescribed you some powerful pain medication. Read More
VIDEO: Marijuana—The Facts and Fiction

Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in America. Watch this video to find out what's fact and fiction. Read More
Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena

Red Ribbon Week was started in honor of Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who gave his life in the fight against drugs. Read More
Synthetic Weed: What Do You Know?

Many people aren’t aware of the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids (aka “fake weed”). Take our quiz to learn what’s fact and what’s fiction. Read More

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Teens Celebrate Being Drug-free Through Music

Each year, the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares® Teens Make Music Read More

At least a dozen elementary students exposed to marijuana gummies, police say; mom arrested

(CNN, February 5) Gummy candy laced with marijuana sent Cleveland elementary school students – ages 5 to 9 Read More

Where marijuana is legal, many teens drive while high

(HealthDay News, February 6) More teens drive while high on marijuana in states where the drug is legal, Read More

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Get the Facts About Drugs

Just Think Twice

Chat Day: Your Drug Questions Answered

Teens Celebrate Being Drug-free Through Music

Quiz: Marijuana Concentrates

Five Quick Facts: Carfentanil

Drugs Effect on the Brain

Squad Vlog: Facing Addiction

Preventing Opioid Misuse among High School Student-Athletes: Playbook for Students

VIDEO: Marijuana—The Facts and Fiction

Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena

Synthetic Weed: What Do You Know?

Latest News

Teens Celebrate Being Drug-free Through Music

At least a dozen elementary students exposed to marijuana gummies, police say; mom arrested

Where marijuana is legal, many teens drive while high