American Academy of Pediatrics This booklet provides information and offers advice to guardians, so that they can help their teen live a healthy lifestyle. Whether you are a mom, dad, single, married, grandparent or other caregiver, this handbook provides tips and...
Prevention Providers & Educators
Marijuana Facts Parents Need to Know
National Institute on Drug Abuse This Q&A style document is targeted to help parents understand how to prevent their child from using marijuana. English Version | Spanish Version
Drug Guide for Parents Chart
The Partnership at Drugfree.org This is a guide is designed to inform parents about the dangers, street names, signs of abuse, and other details regarding drug abuse.
Drug Facts: High School and Youth Trends
This website provides facts and recent trends regarding drug use in youth populations from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. English Version | Spanish Version
Rhode Island DataHUB
The Rhode Island DataHUB provides “Data Stories” and reports that examine topics ranging from high school student substance abuse to elementary school after-school activities. Data comes from the Rhode Island Department of Education, Rhode Island Department of Health,...
Rhode Island Community Profiles: Demographics, Substance Use Consequences & Risk and Protective Factors (2000-2008)
Brown University, 2009 The community profiles describe all 39 Rhode Island municipalities, 4 counties, and the entire state in terms of substance use-related indicators and, where available, corresponding trends since 2000. The three components of these profiles are:...
Substance Use and Mental Health in Rhode Island (2013): A State Epidemiological Profile
Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, 2013 The purpose of this profile is to inform and assist in data-driven state- and community-level planning and decision-making processes relevant to substance use and mental...
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse This website includes facts and statistics on substance use in America from 2011.
Monitoring the Future Survey Results
National Institute on Drug Abuse & Monitoring the Future, 2013 The results of this survey are encouraging due to the declining drug use among high school teens; however, concerns remain about the persistently high rates of marijuana and non-medical prescription...
Molly Fact Sheet
Rhode Island Prevention Resource Center (RIPRC) This factsheet provides information about the recent use of "molly" in youth populations including: its street names, dangers, and prevention methods.