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Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth & Young Adults

U.S. Department of Justice-Drug Enforcement Administration, 2017 This publication gives you everything you need to know about marijuana,  from the long term effects on your brain, to whether or not

Journal of Adolescent Health

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2017 The Journal of Adolescent Health is a multidisciplinary scientific Journal, which seeks to publish new research findings in the field of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Counseling Parents and Teens About Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalization of Marijuana

Pediatrics, AAP Publications, February 2017 Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most

Social Determinants and Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Exploring the Role of Nontraditional Partnerships

Health Promotion Practice, 2016 Addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) that influence teen pregnancy is paramount to eliminating disparities and achieving health equity. Expanding prevention efforts from purely individual

The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineers, and Medicine, January 12, 2017 In one of the most comprehensive studies of recent research on the health effects of recreational and therapeutic cannabis

Facing Addiction in America

The Surgeon Generals Report, 2016 The United States has a serious substance misuse problem. Substance misuse is the use of alcohol or drugs in a manner, situation, amount, or frequency

The Role of Prevention in Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Efforts

National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children,

LESSONS LEARNED AFTER 4 YEARS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), October 2016 In the wake of multimillion-dollar political campaigns funded with out-of-state money, Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana in November 2012. Though it

Not Your Mother’s Scare Tactics: The Changing Landscape of Fear-based Messaging Research

SAMHSA’s CAPT, October 2016 Since the 1960s, substance misuse prevention practitioners have relied heavily on scare tactics and fear-based messages as core elements of prevention programming. Focused on eliciting an

Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

The National Academies Press, 2016 Bullying, long tolerated by many as a rite of passage into adulthood, is now recognized as a major and preventable public health problem, one that