Drug & Alcohol Awareness & Prevention

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A Guide for Teens
The site provides tips about how to help a friend with a drug or alcohol problem.

Common Sense Strategies for Raising Alcohol and Drug-Free Children
Parents can take an active role in lowering their children's risk and helping them grow up alcohol and drug-free by utilizing some of the strategies discussed in this site.

D.A.R.E.
Let Daren the Lion lead you through his clubhouse and teach you about this organization aimed at keeping kids off drugs.

Drug Abuse: Altered States
Read and listen to highlights from this episode of PBS's "In the Mix" TV series that includes interviews with teens and health professionals.

EPeer Voices
This site is a voluntary, national cyber community of teens and tweens, empowered to spread the word to their subscribing friends of factual anti-drug information, tips, self tests, competitions, and events.

Freevibe
This site includes a teen approach to peer pressure, anti-drug messages and the media with personal stories, online games, and message boards.

Get It Straight
This publication talks about drugs that exist in many of our communities and helps to explain why drugs are harmful.

Most People Don't Use Drugs
Students will be able to discuss people's opinions about drug use and see how many people use drugs or alcohol at their school.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
This site includes activities, tips, and resources from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.

National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
This site answers frequently asked questions about inhalants as well as statistics, signs of users, and long-term effects.

Partnership for a Drug-Free America
This site includes in-depth information on how to say no to drugs, how to help friends with drug abuse problems, and facts about the short and long-term effects of drugs and other substances.

Prevention Online
This organization is involved with the prevention of drug addiction. The site includes databases, research, and general information.

Recess
A site for kids with information on health, tobacco prevention, and nutrition sponsored by the American Lung Association of South Dakota.

Teenz 247
This smoke-free hangout offers games, message boards, local news for teens, and articles to help teenagers in making smart decisions about drugs, smoking, and alcohol.