Teresa Johnson On the Academics of Recovery and the College Campus
In a world where celebrities, athletes and the superstars of society pop in and out of rehab and treatment centers as if going to a day spa, it is easy to be misled to believe that one stop fixes all....
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SAMHSA Twitter Chat to be Held Today
Get your questions about recovery from addiction and treatment answered by experts during a Twitter chat held today from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET and hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
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Drug Prevention and Red Ribbon Week
We are in the middle of celebrating Red Ribbon Week, the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. Sponsored by the National Family Partnership, Red Ribbon Week “serves as a vehicle...
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Experts Speak About Addiction Recovery for Young Adults
Michael Fishman At the National Collegiate Recovery Conference Wednesday at Kennesaw State University, Michael Fishman, Director of the Young Adult Program at Talbott Recovery Campus in Atlanta, neatly...
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Kids and Drugs: A New Theory
NEW YORK — Author and reporter Maia Szalavitz, who writes about substance use and related issues recently spoke with Youth Today and JJIE about her experience and her newest book: “Unbroken Brain: A...
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Top 10 Strategies for Engaging Mothers of Incarcerated Youth, Young Adults
Bettye L. Blaize and her son and co-author Terrence White As a mother of a formerly incarcerated son, I know all too well the struggle that comes with having to ask for help from service providers and...
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Police in Illinois Are Helping Substance Abusers Get Into Rehab Instead of...
DIXON, Illinois — Ronald Reagan didn’t start the war on drugs but he did his best to finish it. Law enforcement budgets soared, the jails were packed and the war was carried as far afield as Latin...
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After Abusive, Neglected Childhood, He Struggled to Get Off Drugs In Prison
Looking back at my youth and trying to pinpoint where did I go wrong and how did I go wrong, I realized that the whole time I was trying to get my basic needs met. Needs such as love and a sense of...
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Study: Drug use less common, more deadly among teens during pandemic
Even as drug use has declined among teenagers during the pandemic, overdose deaths increased, likely due to the highly potent opioid fentanyl, according to a new study. Overdose deaths among teenagers...
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Young People Find Hope, Community at ‘Unite to Face Addiction’ Rally
WASHINGTON — Gretchen Schilke was 20 years old and 79 days clean Sunday. It’s the longest period of sobriety she’s had since she was 12. But there was a time during her addiction, she said, when she...
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