Drug Free America Foundation is joining communities around the nation to celebrate National Prevention Week sponsored by Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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In this episode, host Dave Closson interviews Cristina von Sperling Afridi, founder of the Karim Khan Afridi Welfare Foundation (KKAWF) in Pakistan. KKAWF was launched after Cristina and her husband, Ambassador Tariq Khan Afridi, lost their 19-year-old son, Karim, to ...
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Are you a passionate advocate for substance use prevention? We're looking for enthusiastic, driven young professionals to join our advisory board and make a real impact in our community.
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Today in the latest episode of our Pathways 2 Prevention Podcast, we are speaking with Anne-Kristin Imenes, Senior counselor/psychologist specialist in Norway. She shared a wonderful program that addresses mental health and life skills called Robust Youth.
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A new study finds higher rates of suicidal behaviors among youth that used marijuana in the past-year compared to youth that did not.
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In this episode, we’re talking about alcohol prevention with Movendi International, who is the largest independent global movement for development through alcohol prevention.
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Despite national data reporting youth substance use declined or held steady since the COVID-19 pandemic, youth overdose deaths rose dramatically highlighting how dangerous engaging in substance use is today.
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Newly released data from the 2022 Monitoring the Future Survey revealed that amongst youth in the United States, the overall reported substance use throughout the past year has been steady or significantly less than substance use before the 2020 COVID ...
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From 2000 to 2020, over 330,000 reports were made to the National Poison Data System on intentional substance misuse and abuse exposures for kids ages 6 to 18.
Read MoreNew video from Marijuana...Know the Truth campaign highlights new research linking higher teen and young adult marijuana use and mental health conditions to marijuana legalization.
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