SCAN Futuros Maravillosos YPS Prevention Program

08/11/2025

Bullying is repeated physical, verbal, or socially aggressive behavior involving an imbalance of power. Bullying can occur in person or online and can impact the victim’s mental and physical health.

According to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), people who were physically bullied as children are more likely to partake in drug and alcohol abuse in adulthood.

08/06/2025

What is International Overdose Awareness Day?
International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose and remember without stigma those who have died from a drug overdose. The campaign also acknowledges the profound grief felt by families and offers support and comfort to those whose loved ones have died or suffered permanent injury from a
drug overdose.

Bay Area Events RALEIGH, NC IOAD REMEMBRANCE EVENT RESOURCES Bay Area Events International Overdose Awareness Day 2025 What is International Overdose Awareness Day? International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose and remember without stigma those ...

07/28/2025

Opioids are a group of drugs that includes prescription pain medications and illegal drugs like he**in.

07/21/2025

Take Action, Keep Your Kids Safe, Talk With Them About Va**ng

07/14/2025

To***co, E-cigarettes, and Va**ng…Do you know what’s in your e-cigarette or v**e?

Learn the affects of to***co, e-cigarettes, and va**ng.

07/07/2025

Ma*****na is a mind-altering drug made from the dried h**p plant Cannabis sativia. It can be consumed in a variety of ways-including through edibles, oils, va**ng, and smoking.

06/30/2025

Alcohol and Your Pregnancy

Prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, prematurity, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), as well as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).

06/23/2025

Alcohol contributes to more than 200 health conditions and about 178,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

06/16/2025

Pregnancy and Fentanyl

While fentanyl-specific information about maternal and fetal outcomes is currently limited, use of other opioids during pregnancy has been linked to low birth weight, preterm birth, and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a group of conditions that can occur when newborns withdraw from certain substances including fentanyl.

06/09/2025

As a parent, teach your teen to:
• Respect the power of medicine and use it properly
• Recognize that all medicines, including prescription medications, have risks along with benefits. The risks tend to increase dramatically when medicines are abused.
• Take responsibility for learning how to take prescription medicines safely and appropriately, and seek help at the first sign of a problem for their own or a friend’s abuse.

06/02/2025

Psychedelic and dissociative drugs can temporarily alter a person’s mood, thoughts, and perceptions among other health effects and safety concerns.

Learn more about NIDA’s research on the health effects and therapeutic potential of psychedelic and dissociative drugs.

05/28/2025

Kids’ Exposure to ma*****na edibles

Ma*****na use comes with risks to health. Today’s ma*****na is stronger than ever before. States that have legalized ma*****na regulate the drug in widely different ways ― and often it’s not being checked for its ingredients, purity, strength, or safety