Substance abuse prevention – especially when it comes to prescription drugs – requires a community-wide effort. Addiction ...

Kathy Deschner, PREVENT! Chair, lost her son to a prescription-drug overdose. Deschner's son's addiction began after receiving prescription opiates for a sports injury. "Many teens do not realize that ...

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, who was in the Oval Office with the president for the announcement, said Mr. Trump's threat of 100% ...

Prescription painkillers are creating a massive public-health crisis. Since 1990, deaths in the U.S. from unintentional drug overdoses have increased by over 500%. Most of this rise can be attributed ...

More than 300,000 people died from drug poisoning in the U.S. between 1999 and 2009. That first year, opioid analgesics—drugs like methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone—were responsible for 21 percent ...

The DEA is warning college students in Ohio and Michigan about the dangers of drug abuse, counterfeit pills and prescription ...