This website brings together renowned scientists, parent, experts, and communications professionals to translate the science of teen drug use and addiction for families.
Substance Use Prevention/Mental Health Promotion
The Guide to Community Preventive Services/ The Community Guide: What Works to Promote Health
USA.gov and HHS The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in communities.
The Centers for Disease Control – Health and Academic Achievement
This website establishes the correlation between physical health and academic success. It links to fact sheets and presentations regarding the correlation between physical health and academic success.
The Cool Spot
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health The young teens' place for information on alcohol and resisting peer pressure.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, alcohol and drug addiction treatment, and mental health services. SAMHSA provides leadership and devotes its resources-...
Stop Underage Drinking: Gateway to Federal Resources
Stopalcoholabuse.gov is the web portal for the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) and a gateway to comprehensive research and resources on prevention.
SAMHSA’s National Helpline
1-800-622-HELP(4357)-SAMHSA’s National Helpline (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service) is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing substance abuse and...
Purple Project
Project Purple is an initiative of The Herren Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation established by former NBA basketball player, Chris Herren, to break the stigma of addiction, bring awareness to the dangers of substance abuse and shed light on effective treatment...
Prevention Institute
The Prevention Institute brings cutting-edge research, practice, and analysis to today’s pressing health and safety concerns.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Office of National Drug Control Policy focuses on community-based programs, early intervention programs in healthcare settings, aligning criminal policies and public health systems to divert nonviolent drug offenders into treatment instead of jail, funding...