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A federal grant for a Latino adolescent center in the South Bronx will help evaluate a new peer-based approach.

Researchers analyzed data on more than a quarter of a million teens and young adults attending federally qualified health centers.

Baby boomers still make up the largest bloc of those with the virus, but youths’ injection drug use is sending their infection rates upward.

Why previous doping scandals in elite sports still cast a shadow on the Olympic Games

States will be able to more easily design programs to increase access to treatment for substance use disorders.

The actor died of complications from heart failure related to alcohol withdrawal.

People with chronic conditions or who need expensive meds could be more vulnerable. Here’s why.

The plan is to help U.S. health centers hire more than 800 providers to treat nearly 124,000 new clients who abuse drugs.

An estimated 51.2 million people in the U.S. had at least one mental disorder in the past year.

SAMSHA has launched a new series of Spanish-language web pages to engage Latinos in its mental health awareness initiative.

Many people who use illegal drugs or abuse prescription meds don’t fit the image of a strung-out dope fiend, but this doesn’t mean they aren’t...

The percentage of prevention messages from media and school-based prevention messages both fell.

National Prevention Week from May 20 to 26 aims to put an end to substance abuse, suicide and illicit drug use.

Too few Latinos seek help.

Optimism may help protect teens from depression, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics and reported by U.S. News and World...