Links
Al-Anon/Alateen
Whether the alcoholic in your family is still drinking or not, Al-Anon offers hope and recovery to all people affected by the alcoholism of a loved one or friend.
Alcohólicos Anónimos (AA)
Alcoholics Anonymous' outreach and support for speakers of Spanish.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
An international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem; it is nonprofessional, self-supporting, nondenominational, multiracial, apolitical, self-help group open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem.
CollegeDrinkingPrevention.gov
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism provides strategies and solutions to prevent the harmful consequences of college drinking, based on research.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
Premier membership organization of over 5,000 anti-drug coalitions, each working to make their community safe, healthy and drug-free -- one community at a time.
Gateway to Health Communication and Social Marketing
Here you can access many resources to help build your health communication or social marketing campaigns and programs. .
Join Together
A national resource for communities fighting substance misuse. A project of the Boston University School of Public Health
Monitoring the Future Study: A Continuing Study of American Youth
An ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
An international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts.
National Association on Drug Court Professionals (NADCP)
Seeks to reduce substance abuse, crime and recidivism by promoting and advocating for the establishment and funding of drug courts.
Parenting IS Prevention Project
Provides accurate information, support, and resources to assist parents and others in raising children to be healthy, drug-free, productive adults.
Other Links for Parents and Teens
Parents:
http://www.painfullyobvious.com Painfully Obvious® exists to give you the facts about the effects and dangers of prescription drug abuse. It's important that you understand that depending on how prescription drugs are used, they can either save a life... or end it. The information on this site is intended to make it "Painfully Obvious®" that abusing prescription drugs is totally unsafe and totally uncool.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA’s National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information.
www.DEA.gov Drug Enforcement Administration
www.intheknowzone.com Information about substance abuse. Increase your knowledge.
www.theantidrug.com The Anti-Drug. Tips and ideas to help parents make a difference; by preventing alcohol and other drug use.
www.drugfreeamerica.org Drug information, parent resources, and tips for parents.
www.connectforkids.org Guidance for parents. Connecting parents to information, news and ideas for action on raising drug free kids.
www.abcparenting.com Great information for developing life skills in children from birth through the teen years.
www.parentingisprevention.org Connect here to learn how important parents are in setting their children on a drug free path. Ask questions, get tips and more.
www.healthfinder.gov A great library of health information from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
www.jointogether.org This site houses news and information about substance abuse and violence.
www.niaaa.nih.gov Information, publications, news and frequently asked questions from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
www.nida.nih.gov More information about alcohol and other drugs.
www.well.com/user/woa This site has information about various drugs with a focus on addictions.
www.cdc.gov Search the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to access fact sheets, news and prevention resources for alcohol and other drug prevention.
www.michigan.gov/mdch Michigan statistics regarding alcohol and other drug use and other useful information.
www.aap.org The American Academy of Pediatrics. Use the search function on this website to look up alcohol or other drug information.
www.ncadd.org This website has straightforward information about how to address alcohol issues with your children.
Teens:
www.freevibe.com online service of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign that offers information, fact sheets, games and posters for teens with a special section on early intervention.
www.checkyourself.org Partnership for a Drug-Free America that offers resources, information, quizzes and videos for teens to question themselves about their drug use.
www.thecoolspot.org National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. It is a place for teens about “being yourself, thinking for yourself, and getting the facts about underage drinking.”
En Espanol:
Professional Associations and Organizations
American Medical Association
• Alcohol Policy Solutions
www.alcoholpolicysolutions.net/index.htm
A Matter of Degree and Reducing Underage Drinking Through Coalitions
AMA Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
• AMA House of Delegates, Action Team on Alcohol and Health
For information, contact: Janet Williams, American Medical Association
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, Georgetown University
http://camy.org
Institute of Medicine
Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility. (2003)
www.nap.edu/books/0309089352/html/
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY)
www.ncfy.com/
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
Created by The Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
www.madd.org
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
www.saddonline.com/
Founded as Students Against Driving Drunk
Resources
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
www.ncadd.org/
Center for Science in the Public Interest, Alcohol Policies Project
www.cspinet.org/booze
Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Public Health Priority. A Physician Leadership on
National Drug Policy (PLNDP) Position Paper
www.plndp.org/
Treating Teens: A Guide to Adolescent Drug Programs (2003)
www.drugstrategies.org/
Working with a team of nationally recognized experts, Drug Strategies has prepared
a comprehensive assessment of adolescent drug treatment. This guide helps parents,
teachers, judges, counselors and other concerned adults make better choices about
teen treatment. It identifies nine key elements of effective adolescent drug treatment,
provides current, reliable information on 144 adolescent treatment programs across
the country and describes in detail seven promising adolescent programs that include
a range of treatment approaches, hot-line help telephone numbers for each state and
questions every parent should ask when considering a program.
Substance Use Disorders - Treatment Facility Locator
This searchable directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs, sponosred by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, shows the location of facilities around the country that treat alcoholism, alcohol abuse and drug abuse problems.
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Mar 19, 2011
Posters used in MSA schools during the 2010-11 school year are available now under Media. Note that names of the schools have been omitted to protect the schools' identities.
Sep 24, 2010
Sep 18, 2010
"ALERT Labs, in partnership with Kent ISD and others, has been awarded a new, 5-year, $625,000 Drug Free Communities grant to continue the work begun in 2005 with a 5-year, $500,000 grant for the Making Sobriety Attractive (MSA) program.
The work of the MSA program to prevent adolescents alcohol and other drugs use, begun in 2005, will continue and expand to more schools as part of the new "Positive Influences" prevention program.
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More details will be released over the next few weeks.
May 1, 2010
April 2010 "Parents Are Heroes" Newsletter Posted.
Go to About Us > Newsletters > April 2010 Newsletter
Hosting a Drinking Party for Graduating High School Students Can Result in Arrest, Big Fines and Court Costs, MIP’s for the Guests, and Even Tragedy…. The best choice for Graduation Parties is to go alcohol-free, focusing on activities suited for 18-year olds rather than targeting the party to adults.
Mar 28, 2010
- March 2010 "Parents Are Heroes" Newsletter Posted.
Go to About Us > Newsletters > March 2010 Newsletter