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National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives
Opinion Editorials




The legalization of marijuana comes at a hidden cost to our young people


- Oct 27, 2022
Allocate opioid settlement dollars to real addiction-ending solutions


- Oct 17, 2022
Ending hunger could be the first step toward ending the opioid epidemic


- Sep 29, 2022
Overturning Roe will exacerbate inequalities for generations of children


- Aug 10, 2022
The media and the myth of the unharmed child


- Jul 15, 2022
Prevention is our best — and most underrated — weapon against opioids


- Jul 15, 2022
Racism: A guaranteed way to destabilize a nation - opinion


- Jun 24, 2022
Reducing stigma to help combat the opioid epidemic


- Jun 14, 2022
What about prevention? A science-based response to school shootings


- Jun 1, 2022
The global rise in racism is a strategic weapon in Putin’s arsenal

- Nov 18, 2021
The reconciliation bill is a much-needed opportunity to invest in prevention

- Mar 27, 2021
Children of addicted parents need their own form of recovery


- Nov 12, 2020
NPSC Calls for the Federal Gov't to Prioritize Prevention!


- Oct 30, 2020
What Have We Got to Lose?

- Aug 28, 2020
COVID-19 and Social Injustice – A Wake-up Call in 2020(?)

- Feb 15, 2020
Preventing mental health disorders may be key to thwarting the opioid crisis

- Aug 20, 2019
The unanticipated consequences of vaping: Implications for policy

- Jul 3, 2019
Marijuana policies are changing, but they are not always based on scientific knowledge

- Jul 27, 2018
We need a federal budget based on what works

- Nov 18, 2017
In the face of natural disasters, let’s not forget the mental health needs of the kids

- Aug 9, 2017
National leadership needed to fight the opioid crisis

- Apr 25, 2017
The NPSC Responds to President Trump’s Proposed Budget

- Jul 15, 2016
A bipartisan approach to poverty

- May 26, 2016
This could be the reason America is becoming more violent

- Apr 8, 2016
The Case for Prevention Science

- Jun 11, 2015
'Prevention science' can improve Baltimore's future

- Sep 5, 2014
Bipartisan approach to preventing poverty’s impact and persistence

- May 5, 2014
A dollar of prevention is worth $7 of cure


- Apr 2, 2014
Letter to the Wall Street Journal Signed by 23 Leading Prevention Scientists