More than 60 per cent of drug users in the country take drugs for the first time before the age of 18. Peer influence plays a major role in initiating drug use.

Social work students at the University of Oklahoma offer solutions and calls to action amid state's growing substance abuse crisis.

New figures have revealed the number of children receiving treatment for drug abuse, with primary school pupils among those suspended from ...

The killing of a woman and her six children in Dorayi, Kano State, has renewed calls from civil society for justice, ...

H's new "Prevention Before Intervention" program will help students discuss substance abuse issues with their peers and learn ...

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], January 26: Operation Thunder, a city-wide awareness and prevention initiative initiated and led by Nagpur Police Commissioner Dr. Ravinder Kumar Singal, has been rolled ...

Learners at Rethomile Junior Secondary School in Sector 2, Block L, received vital safety and life skills lessons ...

The FDA has started a priority review of Otsuka Pharma's triple-acting drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

When a traumatised and dejected 17-year-old Hajara Musa was thrown out of her home by her father, it did not take long ...

Annie Malone said it received a notice Tuesday night that the federal grant funding for its SAFER Drug Prevention and Treatment program was terminated.

Social worker Mohammad Imran Ali has dedicated nearly two decades to combating substance abuse and tobacco addiction across Odisha. Through community outreach, school programs, and innovative ...

The Trump administration has made abrupt and sweeping cuts to substance abuse and mental health programs across the country in a move that advocates said will jeopardize the lives ...