Black Balloon Day honors lives lost to overdose, struggles with substance abuse in ... March 6 marks a national effort to remember those who died from overdose and advocate for addiction prevention.

Substance abuse professionals note that Black people have a higher genetic predisposition to alcoholism, despite having lower alcohol consumption rates than their White counterparts.

The Trump administration has named overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, but a preliminary budget proposal that was recently leaked suggests that it would cut about two dozen ...

The Stark County Urban Minority Alcohol & Drug Addiction Outreach Project are sponsoring Project Prevent seminars or ages 6 through 17.

A total of $25,000 dollars in grants are available for agencies that provide alcohol and substance abuse prevention services.To qualify, applicants will be judged on the program's success and ...

The White House on Thursday announced $450 million for substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery support services as President Biden proclaimed September National Recovery Month.

Critical mental health and substance abuse programs face Trump administration cuts. Photo by Matias J. Ocner mocner@miamiherald.com Most people have never heard of the Substance Abuse and Mental ...

White Americans had the next highest death rate, with lower figures for Black Americans and the lowest ones for Asian American seniors. Over all, 11,616 Americans aged 65 and older died of alcohol ...

Counterfeit oxycodone M30 that contains fentanyl. Photo credit: dea.gov. Amid a rise in fatal fentanyl overdoses, a San Diego County task force convened to identify substance abuse prevention ...

Drug overdoses are killing more people than ever in the U.S., and a new CDC report finds growing racial disparities among those who have died — with the largest increase among Black Americans.

Onondaga County’s 2022-2024 Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan (CHA/CHIP) was published Friday with a Steering Committee made up of representation ...

However, among the potential cuts listed in the budget proposal in April was a program that directly expands access to naloxone: a $56 million annual grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental ...