Organizations

• American Council for Drug Education Agency that develops substance abuse prevention materials and programs; site includes articles for teachers, youth, parents, health professionals, and employers
• American Health Foundation National Cancer Institute center devoted to cancer prevention
• Children Now Nonpartisan, independent organization that uses communications strategies to reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business, media and community leaders; site offers action alerts, news, and media literacy publications
• Connect for Kids Ideas for action and a reference room for parents
• DARE Well-known and most widely used youth drug prevention program
• National Drug Prevention League Association of national drug abuse prevention organizations; site offers drug information and links
• National Runaway Switchboard Operates a confidential hotline for runaway youth; site includes parent services and teen information
• P.R.I.D.E. Publishes surveys on substance knowledge, attitudes, and use by young people
• Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program Department of Education program that guides the federal government's substance use prevention activities in U.S. schools

Research

• Analysis of DARE A set of articles critical of the DARE program
• An Ounce of Prevention, A Pound of Uncertainty Rand report reviewing cost effectiveness and outcomes with drug prevention programs
• CSAP Model Prevention Programs Center for Substance Abuse Prevention site includes materials on how to implement and evaluate community substance abuse prevention programs and links to funding resources
• Prevention Researcher Feature articles about research on at-risk youth
• Substance Abuse and Learning Disabilities This report examines connection between alcohol and drug abuse and learning disabilities; produced by the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

Resources

• Alcohol Awareness Month Underage drinking facts, activities, and resources
• Alcohol Awareness Website for Grades 6-12 Activities and links related to alcohol awareness
• BBC Education Activities, quizzes, and parent/teacher information about drug prevention from the British Broadcasting Corporation
• Common Sense: Strategies for Raising Alcohol- and Drug-Free Children Parental resource site developed by the National PTA
• CyberIsle Creative teen-developed site offering interactive information on sexuality, tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, based in Canada
• Gang Activity at School: Prevention Strategies Columbia University monograph describes gang characteristics and a gang prevention program
• Growing Up Drug-Free Parents' guide to prevention, published by the Department of Education
• Keeping Children Drug Free Parent and community guide adopting family-centered approaches
• Life Skills Training Well-researched school-based drug prevention program
• Parenting Is Prevention Project Federal program educating parents about their role in drug prevention
• Parenting Is Prevention Resource Guide Guide examines influence of parents on children's drug use and profiles of selected programs
• Reality Check: Keeping Youth Drug-Free (Caregivers' Guide) Resource guide for parents, grandparents, elders, mentors, and other caregivers
• Talking with Kids Kaiser Family Foundation initiative to encourage family communication about "tough issues"; site includes parenting booklets and resources
• TeenNet University of Toronto project that applies information technology to health promotion in teens