The Drug Free Schools and Campuses Regulations (34 CFR Part 86) of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA) require an Institution of Higher Education (IHE) such as Hope College (Hope), to certify that it has implemented programs to prevent the ...

Sara Howe has already seen what can happen when there’s a sudden loss of funding for drug treatment and mental health programs. It happened in Illinois in 2008, after then-governor Rod Blagojevich slashed $55 million from the state budget that was intended to fund substance abuse prevention programs and treatment centers.

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

Amid a rise in fatal fentanyl overdoses, a San Diego County task force convened to identify substance abuse prevention solutions for local youths released a report Monday outlining its recommendations for drug prevention programs at schools. The report ...

For decades, being a public school student in the United States almost universally meant you were required to sit through the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. But for all the stern warnings about the dangers of drugs and attempts at ...

School-based drug education programs for adolescents can have a long-term positive impact on sexual behavior in addition to curbing substance abuse, according to a RAND Corp. study released Wednesday. Researchers found that young adults who had been ...

Two local students are among the 13 student winners of the Office of Attorney General’s 29th Annual Drug-Free Calendar Contest. In October, which is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month,