Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2017 This new area of the SAMHSA website provides easy access to SAMHSA trainings and tools, including those developed by the CAPT.
Prevention Websites
Pharmacists Teach
CVS Pharmacy, 2017 This brochure describes a program to educate teens and parents about prescription drug abuse, offered at no cost.
Anchor Learning Academy Website
Anchor Learning Academy, 2017 Anchor Learning Academy offers a supportive learning environment for high school students in recovery from substance use issues where they can achieve success in academics and focus on their recovery journeys. The unique combination of...
GenderSpectrum
Gender Spectrum, 2016 Gender Spectrum’s mission is to create a gender-inclusive world for all children and youth. To accomplish this, we help families, organizations, and institutions increase understandings of gender and consider the implications that evolving views...
Facing Addiction in America
The Surgeon Generals Report, 2016 The United States has a serious substance misuse problem. Substance misuse is the use of alcohol or drugs in a manner, situation, amount, or frequency that could cause harm to the user or to those around them. Alcohol and drug misuse...
SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP), 2016 This website provides useful resources to assist you with the selection and implementation of evidence-based programs and practices addressing substance abuse and mental health. More...
ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS: KEY FACTS
CDC Key facts on the electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)
SAMHSA’s Youth Engagement Guidance
SAMHSA, 2016 The purpose of this Guidance is to provide federal staff and contractors with strategies, tools, and tips for appropriately engaging youth in government sponsored events and meetings in order to: - Help ensure a positive, supportive, and meaningful...
Not Your Mother’s Scare Tactics: The Changing Landscape of Fear-based Messaging Research
SAMHSA's CAPT, October 2016 Since the 1960s, substance misuse prevention practitioners have relied heavily on scare tactics and fear-based messages as core elements of prevention programming. Focused on eliciting an emotional response, these messages have historically...
Marijuana: Facts for Teens
National Institute on Drug Abuse, May 2015 Information/facts on how marijuana affects the body for teens.