Substance use in schools is an enormous problem in the United States, but there are steps parents, educators and policymakers can take to address the issue.
DNA doesn’t just shape our eye color. It shapes how our brains are wired for risk, anxiety, reward, and so much more. Dr. Danielle Dick, the director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Brain Health Institute, joins Elizabeth Vargas for the season 8 premiere of Heart of the Matter to unpack the science behind that idea.
On this page you'll find Partnership to End Addiction’s latest Annual Reports and Financial Statements, including audited financials and IRS Form 990 filings. It also covers information about how the organization is governed and how it maintains oversight and transparency in its spending. Past reports going back several years are available for review.
The EARLY Minds Act would allow Community Mental Health Services Block Grant funds to go toward prevention, creating a key flexibility to support mental health and substance use disorder prevention.
In order to continue progress in addressing overdose and addiction, programs and agencies that provide substance use prevention and treatment services need continued federal funding in the FY 2027 budget.
Proposed guidance from the FDA suggests the agency is considering authorizing vapes in flavors like coffee, teas, and spices (e.g., cinnamon), even though flavored products appeal and pose risks to young people.
Carleah Summers shares her journey from addiction to recovery and how her experience inspired her to open Andrea's House, a non-profit residential treatment program in Maryland where mothers can recover from substance use disorder without being separated from their children.
Matt Dorsey shares his experience with relapse, navigating addiction in the LGBTQ+ community, and how he’s using his experience to help others struggling with addiction in San Francisco.
After losing one son to overdose and watching another struggle with lifelong schizophrenia, neuroscientist Dr. Kristen Gilliland reveals what she wishes she'd known about today's ultra-potent marijuana and the developing brain.
William Perry shares his powerful journey from childhood trauma and opioid addiction to a 10-year prison sentence, and ultimately to co-founding This Must Be the Place, an organization that combines music, arts, and harm reduction.
Can GLP-1 medications like Ozempic help treat addiction? Elizabeth Vargas talks with Pat Aussem, Vice President of Consumer Clinical Content Development at Partnership to End Addiction, about the ongoing clinical trials and the science behind how these drugs work on the brain's reward system. Elizabeth Vargas talks with Pat Aussem, Vice President of Consumer Clinical Content Development at Partnership to End Addiction, about the ongoing clinical trials and the science behind how these drugs work on the brain's reward system.
Season 7 of Heart of the Matter kicks off with country pop star Walker Hayes, whose Grammy-nominated hit "Fancy Like" catapulted him to fame. Walker opens up about his journey from drinking at 13 to finding recovery at 35.
A public health approach is needed to address the ongoing addiction crisis, but recent federal actions are gutting the structures and supports integral to addressing it.
Cutting staff and funding at SAMHSA, the federal agency that leads efforts on mental health and substance use, would be detrimental to efforts to address the addiction and overdose crises.
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