We’re looking for practical, hope-filled 60-minute breakout sessions that offer real tools—not just information. Prevention, community, faith-based, and medical tracks are all welcome, and we value lived experience, proven strategies, and honest lessons learned. If your idea doesn’t fit neatly into a box, we still want to hear it. Paths to Recovery Conference 2026 Submit your session proposal here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdrEUIKj060XY.../viewform

Abstention from drug use remains at historic high, NIH-supported survey finds. For the fifth year in a row, use of most substances among teenagers in the United States has continued to hover around the low-water mark reached in 2021. The findings come from the latest report of the Monitoring the Future Survey, an annual survey of drug use behaviors and attitudes among eighth, 10th, and 12th graders that has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 51 years. Researchers,...

CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths New provisional data from CDC's National Vital Statistics System predict a nearly 24% decline in drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12 months ending in September 2024, compared to the previous year. This is the most recent national data available and shows a continued steep decline in overdose deaths. Provisional data shows about 87,000 drug overdose deaths from October 2023 to September 2024, down from around 114,000...