High-risk drinking among college students is related to the types of parties they attend, according to a recent web survey of undergraduate students attending two large urban universities.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently offered adolescents the first ever "Drug Facts Chat Day." Students from high schools and middle schools across the country submitted anonymous questions online—about alcohol, the brain, addiction and everything in between...

Animal studies suggest that alcohol may have a greater impact on adolescent than adult memory and that these effects may be long lasting. Human studies have detected cognitive impairments in adolescent alcohol abusers weeks after they stopped drinking.

The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) announced "Smart Moves, Smart Choices," a program that responds to the growing rate of prescription drug abuse among middle and high school students nationwide.

Drinking is part of teenage life—a part that can range from having one beer at a party every now and then to becoming wasted enough to pass out every Saturday night. Decades of prevention efforts and parental harangues haven't changed that picture much...

Addiction is a painful secret many families are too ashamed to discuss. In 2005, one father came forward in a very public way to share what it was like to love a child whose drug and alcohol abuse threatened to tear their family apart.

Young children who are prescribed stimulants to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are no more likely to have alcohol or other drug addiction problems later in life than other young people, according to researchers. However, older kids given Ritalin did have higher rates of drug problems as adults, one study found.

Teens who can recognize and resist the persuasive tactics used in alcohol ads are less likely to succumb to alcohol advertising and peer pressure to drink.

Many Potter fans would say yes, that ever since the culmination of the series with the publication of last year's "Deathly Hallows," they've been in the throes of post-Potter depression — which a group of Pennsylvania-based researchers say shows that being a Potter fan is more serious than you might think. It can actually become an addiction.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia University has just launched a new forum -- Parent Power -- on its website to engage parents in a conversation about how to raise kids alcohol- and drug-free.