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Underage Drinking Prevention Program:
Helpful Links
Check these websites out! They all have to do with alcohol:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism –
Focus on college drinking. Information for campus health administrators, college presidents, community leaders, high school guidance counselors, media, parents, RA/peer educators, and students to change the culture.
www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov
Center for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
The Training Center has been funded by OJJDP to provide training, technical assistance, and resource materials. The goal of the Training Center is to provide science-based, practical, and effective training and technical assistance to states and communities involved in enforcing underage alcohol access and use laws.
Center for the Science in the Public Interest Alcohol Policies Project
www.cspinet.org/booze
Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth
The Center at Georgetown University monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.
www.camy.org
Face – Truth and Clarity on Alcohol
The mission of FACE is to provide truth to the public about alcohol-related problems and clarity on actions that can be taken to reduce those problems.
www.faceproject.org
Harvard School of Public Health –
College Alcohol Study Examines key issues in college alcohol abuse including: the tradition of heavy drinking on college campuses, the role of fraternities and sororities and athletics, the relationship of state alcohol control measures and college policies to this behavior, along with the role easy access to alcohol and low prices play.
www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas
Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids
Tabulates and provides reports youth drinking problems and lack of treatment with locally-relevant data. The Calculator crunches data from huge federal epidemiological databases, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the National Co-Morbidity Survey
www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/kids
Project Ignition
Sponsored by State Farm® and coordinated by the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC), Project Ignition gives students, grades 9-12, and their teachers the chance to work together to address the issue of teen driver safety by creating and producing an innovative public awareness and service-learning projects.
www.sfprojectignition.com/what_is_multi_arts.html
You're Not Alone
A 9-minuted video that speaks directly to children of alcoholics.
www.ncoa.net
Kids Talk to Kids About Alcohol
A tri-fold brochure that uses actual drawings and quotes from children ages 9 to 11 to stimulate thought and discussion about alcohol and its effects.
www.ncadd.org
Just 4 Kids
A Web site geared specifically for children of alcoholics to learn about a variety of issues.
www.nacoa.net
Keep Kids Alcohol Free: Strategies for Action: Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free
A call-to-action booklet based on how to protect children.
www.alcoholfreechildren.org
Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence
A comprehensive, positive youth development and prevention program designed for classroom and schoolwide implementation in grades six through eight with 10 to 14 year olds.
www.lionsquest.org
Project Alert: RAND/BEST Foundation for a Drug-Free Tomorrow
A drug prevention curriculum for 11 to 14 year olds that dramatically reduces both the onset and regular use of harmful substances most likely to be used by children in this age group.
www.projectalert.best.org
Free Vibe
National Youth Ant-Drug Media Campaign, Office of National Drug Control Policy. Get the facts about Alcohol and other drugs, hear from celebrities, and talk to other teens about their “anti-drugs”.
www.freevibe.com
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information:
Provides teens with a wealth of information about alcohol and drugs.
www.health.org
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
www.drugabuse.gov/NIDAHome.html
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol:
www.health.org/govpubs/ph323
Does your friend have an alcohol or other drug program?
What can do you to help?
A guide for teens.
www.health.orggovpubs/phd688
If Someone Close…
Has a problem with alcohol or other drugs.
ncadi.samhsa.gov
Making the Link: Underage Drinking and Violence
www.alcoholfreechildren.org/gs/stats/Violence Fact Sheet
Making the Link: Underage Drinking and Mental Health
www.alcoholfreechildren.org/gs/stats/Mental Health Fact Sheet
The School Zone- Office of National Drug Control Policy:
This site provides links to many web sites for teens, including those that provide factual information about safety issues as well positive and negative influences on your health.
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/schoolzone
National Network of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
www.nnsdfsc.ou.edu
Join Together Online
www.jointogether.org
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Friday, November 6, 2009 11:00 AM
