The National Institute on Drug Abuse has published a new resource to provide teenagers with accurate information about opioids.

The publication includes a selection of facts on opioids, a section on opioids and heroin, and a helpful list of further resources.

The goal of the publication is to present the facts in a comprehensible, so that young people can make informed choices.

Dr Nora Volkow, NIDA Director, discusses the results of the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey during a teleconference which took place on December 17, 2018.

Monitoring the Future tracks drug use trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risks of specific drugs.

Click here for more knowledge share articles on the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey.

Drug and Alcohol Findings have announced the top five studies in the field of drug education. 

The five studies describe drug prevention curriculum and techniques that have been tried and tested, with varying degrees of success, in Western countries. The authors of the five studies analyse the evidence base and highlight discrepancies in the research. The pros and cons of the different programmes are discussed and the authors of the five studies go on to make recommendations as to whether the different forms of drug prevention curriculum could be successfully implemented within the British...