News Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Number of Drivers Who Die While Under the Influence of Drugs Rises A new study finds the number of drivers fatally injured in automobile accidents who tested positive for one or more substances is rising, according to U.S. News & World Report. Read More More Colleges Create Addiction Recovery Programs for Students An increasing number of colleges are creating addiction recovery programs for students, NBC News reports. Read More   Strengthening State Alcohol Policies Can Reduce DUI Deaths: Study Strengthening state alcohol policies by 10 percent can reduce the odds of alcohol-related motor-vehicle deaths by the same amount, according to a new study. Read More Police in Ohio Hope to Help People Using Meth by Offering to Test Drugs for Zika A police department in Ohio is hoping to find and help people who use meth by offering to test their drugs for the Zika virus, CNN reports. Zika cannot be transmitted through drugs, the article notes. Read More Mussels in Washington State Test Positive for Oxycodone Mussels in Puget Sound along the northwest coast of Washington have tested positive for the prescription opioid oxycodone, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. Read More Other Headlines of Interest Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused (The New York Times) They Shared Drugs. Someone Died. Does That Make Them Killers? (The New York Times) Blog: Fentanyl: Time to Open Our Eyes to Today’s Biggest Driver of the Opioid Crisis (Part I) (Rehabs.com) Inside a truck in Nebraska, troopers found enough fentanyl to kill millions of people (The Washington Post) Don't Call K2 'Synthetic Marijuana' (WNYC) Opinion: As an Oxycontin 'junkie' at Yale, I saw how my addiction helped fund the university (The Guardian) Opinion: We’re All Addicts Here (The New York Times) ‘As an Addict, I Know the Dangers’ (The New York Times) Opinion: If Addiction Is a Disease, Why Is Relapsing a Crime? (The New York Times) Tennessee women battling addiction – photo essay (The Guardian) Blog: Behind the Numbers: Binge Drinking Among Teens is Half What it Was in 1998 Now Is the Time to Ramp Up Prevention Efforts (Caron Treatment Centers) Meth is making a comeback in the Dayton region: 5 things to know (Dayton Daily News) Opinion: In the new world of legal recreational marijuana, don't flood teens with pot ads (USA Today) Blog: 5 Ways to Embrace Your Sober Summer (Caron Treatment Centers)   DONATE Parent Toll-Free Helpline: 1-855-DRUGFREE drugfree.org © Partnership for Drug-Free Kids 352 Park Ave South | 9th Floor | New York, NY 10010   privacy policy | manage email preferences