Partnership to End Addiction

04/29/2026

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day, and we’re sharing how to administer naloxone, a medication that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. Knowing these tips can help reduce risks and save lives.

04/28/2026

Introducing the Family Resilience Network: https://experts.drugfree.org/family-resilience-network/

Scott Hadland, MD, Partnership to End Addiction Board Member, Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, discusses a new workplace benefit that helps working parents prevent and address substance use disorders.

For more than 30 years, Partnership to End Addiction has guided millions of parents with science-backed tools, compassion, and connection. Now, we’re partnering with visionary employers to bring a message of hope and resilience to millions of parents who suffer silently behind a pleasant smile in the workplace.

Click to learn more about how to bring this program to your workplace: https://experts.drugfree.org/family-resilience-network/

04/23/2026

Parents are the most powerful forces in a child’s life, especially when it comes to mental health and substance use.

But that doesn’t mean you have to figure it out alone.

Introducing the Family Resilience Network, a new workplace benefit from Partnership to End Addiction that connects working parents with confidential, expert support.

No judgment. No pressure. Just guidance from people who've been helping families like yours for over 30 years.

Think your employer should offer this? So do we. Learn more: experts.drugfree.org/family-resilience-network/

04/22/2026

From what’s in medicine cabinets to what shows up in social media feeds, kids are picking up messages and making decisions earlier than most of us realize. Our upcoming sessions dig into va**ng, medications, social influence, and self-image, and what all of this means for the kids we’re trying to support every day.

We’ll be joined by experts from places like the Partnership to End Addiction, Boston Children’s Hospital, Stanford REACH Lab, Truth Initiative, and pediatric medicine who are right in the middle of this work. They’ll break things down in a way that feels real and practical, not overwhelming. Register now: https://loom.ly/lvBuVdM

04/16/2026

April is Alcohol Awareness Month and we’re sharing some common questions that we receive from parents about alcohol. Swipe through to learn more.

04/15/2026

04/13/2026

Working with teens? This webinar can help change how you see behavior.

What if teen behaviors like risk-taking, impulsive decisions and emotional reactions were not considered problems to eliminate, but instead signals of how the adolescent brain is developing?

In this one-hour webinar, our experts explore the teenage years with the goal of helping anyone who works with young people understand why teens behave the way they do and how that knowledge can strengthen their work with both youth and their families.

Presented by Partnership to End Addiction's:
Molly Bobek, L.C.S.W., Vice President, Family and Adolescent Clinical Technology and Science (FACTS) and Cori Hammond, M.P.H, Senior Director, Prevention Services

Register today! https://experts.drugfree.org/webinar-the-teenage-brain-how-teens-make-decisions-why-they-take-risks-and-how-to-change-behavior/

04/10/2026

The U.S. just removed daily drink limits—but that doesn’t mean drinking is “safe.” Swipe to see what families need to know. ➡️ 🍷

04/06/2026

Last year, Congress took a critical step to protect youth when it passed a law banning synthetic h**p-derived products and h**p products with more than a small amount of THC or other intoxicating compounds. Despite being intoxicating and often causing other health problems, such products (e.g., delta-8 THC) have been largely unregulated and are often marketed to youth, sold in appealing flavors and in easily accessible places like gas stations and convenience stores.

The new restrictions are set to take effect in November, though some in the industry and in Congress are pushing to delay that implementation. Send a letter to your members of Congress urging them to oppose such efforts and ensure that the new restrictions are implemented as planned to protect youth from continued exposure and harm:

Congress took an important step to protect youth last year when it enacted new restrictions on intoxicating h**p products, but it is critical that these new rules are implemented without delay.

04/01/2026

Even though fewer teens are drinking than in past decades, alcohol is still the most commonly used substance among teenagers — and the risks are evolving.
In this video, we break down what parents need to know about teen alcohol use, including how drinking habits are changing, and what today’s alcohol products look like.

03/30/2026

Research consistently shows that youth who are exposed to ni****ne marketing and media—including TikTok or Instagram influencers and celebrities in films, and television shows—are at significantly increased risk of using ni****ne products. Media continues to expose millions of young people to to***co imagery, which significantly increases the risk of cigarette smoking and va**ng.

03/27/2026

Thank you to the Washington Post for running our letter to the editor in response to the editorial “Unraveling the FDA’s shortsighted ban on flavored vapes,” which addressed new draft guidance from the FDA that could open the door to more flavored va**ng products being authorized for sale.

Youth va**ng has decreased in recent years, but, as our director of policy, Robyn Oster, and SVP of prevention research and policy, Linda Richter, wrote, “Expanding youth access to flavored products at a time when prevention is underfunded risks reversing this progress and harming young people without meaningful benefit to adult smokers.”

To prevent this, we encourage you to submit comments to the FDA emphasizing the importance of protecting youth and the risks that flavored products pose.

Find more information on how to do so here: https://drugfree.org/article/oppose-the-authorization-of-flavored-vapes/

And read the full letter here: https://wapo.st/4v6ISLU