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Using prescription pills that weren't prescribed to you can be deadly.

The winners of the 2020 Red Ribbon Week Campus Video PSA Contest have been announced!  

(NIDA Blog Team, October 13) People often worry how breathing someone else’s marijuana smoke could affect them. Let’s look at some common questions about this, and the answers that science has found.

(September 24) The number of young adults (ages 19-22) who regularly vape marijuana shot up between 2018 and 2019, according to the most recent Monitoring the Future study. 

California teens created PSAs to convince other teens not to use marijuana.

According to the latest Monitoring the Future Study, the percentage of 12th graders who admitted to vaping marijuana oil within the last month doubled from the previous year.

The event featured performances by New Orleans rapper Dee-1, as well as first-hand stories about drug addiction from people in recovery.

(NIDA)  Have you ever heard someone say that addiction is a choice?

Winners from this year’s Living the Example Video Contest were recently honored during an exclusive red carpet event in Los Angeles.

(NIDA Teens) Most people know that addiction, can be overcome with treatment. But like many other diseases, it is often a winding road to get there. Read more.