In The News

Illinois schools are dealing with increasing numbers of students who vape as the CDC works with health departments in Illinois and other states on clusters of pulmonary illnesses associated with vaping.

Illinois has become the first Midwestern state to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products. The law took effect July 1, 2019.

This resource guide from the Office of National Drug Control Policy provides an overview of federal resources that educators can use to identify and address substance use disorders in students.

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids offers the Partnership News Service (formerly known as Join Together) to make the Latest Drug and Alcohol News easily accessible to the public. The resources are updated weekly.

Monitoring the Future (MTF) is conducted at the Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Since 1991, MTF has been an ongoing source for 8th, 10th and 12th grade nationally representative data on drug use, attitudes and beliefs. They post the most recently available press releases and publications on the New Information page of their website.

The mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health. NIDA’s website provides a portal to Emerging Trends and Alerts to check out the latest available findings and trends.