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National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery: Addressing a public health imperative.

08/14/2026

Save the date! The Joint Meeting on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery returns to the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore on March 23–25, 2027!

The Call for Proposals is now live. We welcome you to submit your work and join us in Baltimore, MD! Proposals are due October 6, 2026.

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/jt7iMem |

08/10/2026

Youth cannabis use has changed dramatically over the past three decades.

Both lifetime and recent cannabis use peaked around 1999 and have steadily declined since, suggesting fewer adolescents overall are trying cannabis and fewer are using it regularly than in previous decades. However, more work is needed to understand cannabis use patterns among at-risk youth, like those with mental health challenges.

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/MDsW9Of

07/08/2026

Join us today, Wednesday, July 8, at 12:00pm ET for the latest session in our Opioid Response Network webinar series, featuring Dr. Sarah Bagley on integrating overdose prevention and OUD treatment in pediatric primary care.

Register for free: https://buff.ly/UFg997p |

06/18/2026

Join us for the quarterly webinar series, sponsored by the Opioid Response Network and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, focusing on youth substance use treatment and recovery.

We’re honored to have Dr. Sarah Bagley speak Wednesday, July 8 at 12:00pm ET. She’ll discuss integrating overdose prevention and OUD treatment in pediatric primary care.

Register for free: https://buff.ly/kjJQZDY |

06/16/2026

There’s a lot of confusion about medications for substance use disorder in youth. What’s actually approved? What’s considered off-label? Are they safe? We break it all down in this new resource, created in partnership with the Opioid Response Network

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/6zUsRSe |

06/12/2026

Adding a brief web-based intervention to standard driver education may help correct misperceptions about peer alcohol and cannabis use.

The online program gives students personalized feedback comparing their perceptions of peer substance use to actual norms, and students who received it were less likely to overestimate how much their peers drank or used cannabis - beliefs that can shape their own behavior.

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/lI0mj8Z

06/05/2026

Not all young adults “mature out” of risky drinking as they age.

More recent generations are less likely to shift into lower-risk drinking over time and more likely to continue—or move into—higher-risk drinking patterns, suggesting this common pattern is becoming less common.

Learn more here: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/not-all-young-adults-mature-out-risky-drinking-and-less-so-in-recent-years/

06/03/2026

A single peer-led session that gives students personalized feedback about their drinking along with strategies to reduce risk can have lasting effects.

Students who received the brief intervention reported lower alcohol use even 12 months later, suggesting that small interventions may lead to meaningful long-term change.

Learn more here: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/short-intervention-long-impact-outcomes-brief-alcohol-intervention-university-students/

05/05/2026

Young adults have the highest rates of substance use disorder but lowest rates of recovery. About 22% of young adults report having a substance use disorder but only 5% say they are in recovery. In contrast, adults ages 26+ are nearly twice as likely to report being in recovery.

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/dJTbnkI

UMass SPARC
Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research

04/22/2026

Join us today, Wednesday, April 22, at 12:00pm ET for the latest session in our Opioid Response Network webinar series, featuring Dr. Samuel Meisel on Caregiver Involvement in Adolescent Substance Use Treatment: Core Principles and Applied Techniques.

Register for free: 11702240-ccff-4976-830e-70d683cf1a33@a1e4bdea-21c5-4391-88e5-c3aede31b746" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/11702240-ccff-4976-830e-70d683cf1a33@a1e4bdea-21c5-4391-88e5-c3aede31b746 |

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