A new requirement that doctors prescribing controlled substances get training on substance abuse is being criticized by doctors as vague and by addiction specialists as not going far enough, amid the ...

STONE RIDGE, N.Y. — SUNY Ulster will offer remote Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor training beginning in July, according to an announcement. The training, offered by SUNY Ulster’s ...

Teaching a unique, patient-centered approach to assessing and intervening in risky alcohol and drug use, a two-day training was offered to providers and residents at Walter Reed Bethesda last week.

Since it began as a fundraiser for the U.K.-based charity Macmillan Cancer Support in 2014, Sober October has become a global movement. Not everyone who swaps Heineken for its 0.0 counterpart this ...

ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center has created an interactive online training website to educate lawmakers and public health practitioners about substance abuse prevention. The site, ...

Founding Director Curtis Dann-Messier and Director of Peer Services Gita Enders run a program that trains recovery peer advocates to work in New York City’s public hospitals. “That means someone great ...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Substance Abuse: Confronting Addiction series continues with a discussion titled “What Goes Into Training First Responders? Why Should We Care?" Thursday, Oct.

The opioid epidemic that has struck far and wide across America has stretched its tentacles into high school sports, as has a general rise among drugs of abuse. In fact, the increase has been marked ...

The State Board of Education is poised to consider new rules next week, including a requirement that all public schools begin teaching students each year about youth substance abuse. Schools would ...