Prevention / Education
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| The American Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society. | |
| The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply and on reducing the carnage caused by alcoholic beverages. CSPI seeks to promote health through educating the public about nutrition and alcohol; it represents citizens’ interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and it works to ensure that advances in science are used for the public’s good. | |
| Courage To Speak Foundation | The Courage to Speak Foundation, Inc. - based in Norwalk, Connecticut - is dedicated to fulfilling its mission of “saving lives by inspiring youth to be drug free.” The organization was founded in 1997, shortly after Ginger and Larry Katz lost their son, Ian, to a heroin overdose. Since then, The Courage to Speak Foundation, Inc. has been dedicated to fulfilling a promise Ginger made to Ian: she promised to do everything in her power to prevent this tragedy from happening to another family. |
| Drug Strategies |
Drug Strategies promotes more effective approaches to the nation’s drug problems and supports private and public efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement and community initiatives. |
| Largest and oldest professional association for persons in the employee assistance program field, representing more than 7,000 individuals and organizations with an interest in employee assistance in 107 chapters around the globe. | |
| Fact sheet on Substance Abuse | The 2007 fact sheet on substance abuse among adolescents and young adults. |
| A forum for young people, this site encourages empowered decision-making. | |
| Healthfinder.com | healthfinder.gov is a site for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. healthfinder.gov is a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder.gov links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,500 health-related organizations. |
| Just Think Twice | This web site provides teens with straightforward information on drug use, providing them real life examples of how drug use can impact their lives. |
| Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free | The Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free is a national effort that focuses on the prevention of alcohol use by children ages 9 to 15. Their goal is to educate the American public about the dangers of early alcohol use and to mobilize action to prevent it. |
| The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence provides education, information, help and hope in the fight against the chronic, often fatal disease of alcoholism and other drug addiction. | |
| The NIPC serves as an inhalant referral and information clearinghouse, stimulates media coverage about inhalant issues, develops informational materials, produces ViewPoint (a quarterly newsletter), provides training and technical assistance and leads a week-long national grassroots inhalant education and awareness campaign. | |
| NIDA for Teens | NIDA created this website to educate adolescents ages 11 through 15 (as well as their parents and teachers) on the science behind drug abuse. NIDA enlisted the help of teens in developing the site to ensure that the content addresses appropriate questions and timely concerns. |
| Makes available tips, information, and links for parents and families raising drug-free kids. | |
| This site is maintained to provide technical resources and factual information about student testing programs - a proven deterrent to student durg use. | |
| Part of The Anti-Drug site, the helps teachers find drug prevention resources for use in the classroom. | |
| Provides parents with information on how to talk to kids about drugs. | |
| Tobacco Dependence Program (TDP) | The Tobacco Dependence Program (TDP) is dedicated to reducing the harm to health caused by tobacco use. The TDP particularly aims to provide expertise on quitting smoking for those who need it most. |
| Write Action | Write Action, Inc. constructs exciting and compelling content on topics such as addiction, parenting, teen issues and recovery. |
