Substance abuse prevention efforts have traditionally addressed youth substance use by directly targeting youth’s norms and behaviors. More recently, parent or family focused prevention interventions have demonstrated adolescent decreases in the likelihood of initiating use, declines in the rate of growth, and increases in positive outcomes into adulthood, including increased socioeconomic success, reduced mental

  The annual number of alcohol-related deaths from 2020 through 2021 exceeded 178,000, according to recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: more deaths than from all drug overdoses combined. An analysis by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism shows that people over 65 accounted for 38 percent of

Latinos are one of the fastest growing segments of the United States population. The U.S. Bureau of the Census estimates that there are 60 million people of Hispanic origin living in the United States, comprising 18.3% of the total population. With the Hispanic population expected to increase to over 30% of the population by 2050,