Monday, September 21, 2009

A few useful websites......

For Parents/Alcohol&Drugs
www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov (great family and parenting information!)
www.theantidrug.com – drug information and parenting advice - National Office of Drug Control Policy
www.madd.org – Mothers Against Drunk Driving
www.breakingthecycles.com – Lisa Frederickson – monthly substance abuse prevention articles/blog
www.kidshealth.org – Children’s health, by Nemours, a non-profit division of Dupont
www.mvparents.com – parenting tips re adolescents etc. from The Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN
www.casacolumbia.org - The National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia Univ.
www.AskListenLearnParents.com – A public service of Nickalodean & The Century Council

For Kids/Alcohol & Drugs
www.drugfree.org/teenbrain - Partnership for a Drug-Free America
www.checkyourself.com – Website for youth – self-quizzes, stories, choice-games-great!
www.thecoolspot.gov – a place for young teens re alcohol & resisting peer pressure, NIAAA
www.freevibe.com – good for teens to get drug facts on. (goes to www.abovetheinfluence.org)
www.PainfullyObvious.com – facts about the effects and dangers of prescription drug use
www.utakeitback.org – Take It Back, a national youth-directed movement to reduce alcohol problems.
www.sadd.org – Students Against Destructive Decisions
www.intheknowzone.com – good information about various dangerous substances
www.Teens.DrugAbuse.gov – NIDA for teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse

Smoking/Tobacco Prevention
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ - Information from the Centers for Disease Control (federal).
www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/tobacco.html - National Inst. Drug Abuse, Nat. Institute of Health
www.smoking.drugabuse.gov – Research reports & legislative updates from NIDA
www.the84.org – Movement led by Massachusetts youth to fight tobacco addition & tobacco industry

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