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CADP has compiled and categorized Internet sites that address substance abuse issues that are particularly relevant to parents and teachers.  Click on a topic below to access the information you're searching for.  Please feel free to email your favorite drug prevention web sites to the CADP site administrator if you do not find them here! 

(Project staff and sponsors do not necessarily endorse the content of the web sites for which links are provided.)

 
A parent's guide to alcohol and teens
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/fparguid.htm
An alcohol and teen fact sheet


Dispelling myths about alcohol
http://www.habitsmart.com/myths.html
Common myths regarding alcohol and ways to confront them


Alcohol and domestic violence
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/falclink.htm
A fact sheet on domestic violence that can accompany substance abuse


Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP):  an opportunity to improve health care access & prevent substance abuse & mental health problems for children & adolescents (May 1999)
http://www.nasadad.org/prevchps.htm
An article produced by the National Prevention Network (NPN) in partnership with the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) that summarizes legislation, recommends action steps, and explains how to become involved in a CHIP plan


Sites for parents, educators, and youth leaders
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/prentlnk.htm
Additional links to substance abuse information


Teens: alcohol and other drugs
http://www.aacap.org/factsfam/teendrug.htm

An American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry site that contains information on teen alcohol and drug use, including warning signs


Web of addictions
http://www.well.com/user/woa/facts.htm
An addiction fact sheet with additional links to other sites


Growing up drug-free: a parent's guide to prevention
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/parents_guide/
An on-line publication to help parents guide their children as they form attitudes about drug use


Dealing with adolescent experimentation
http://www.habitsmart.com/adol.html
Information on and suggestions for dealing with adolescent experimentation, including suggestions for which communication tactics to avoid and which tend to work 


The anti-drug
http://www.theantidrug.com/
Additional links for parents, including links to truth, honesty, love, and communication


Drugs & you: action steps for parents and caregivers
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/factistp.htm
A fact sheet that suggests ways to prevent substance abuse


Communication tips for parents
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/factistp.htm
A parent's fact sheet for listening, looking, and responding to substance abuse


Parenting: toward raising responsible children
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/fresponsb.htm
A parent's fact sheet for teaching values and setting substance abuse rules


Parents are the first line of defense
http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/f1stdef.htm
A parent's fact sheet for establishing family values and working with other parents 


Talking with kids about alcohol and drugs
http://www.hazelden.org/newsletter_detail.dbm?ID=770
A site that helps parents address alcohol and drugs with their children


Drug prevention skills center
http://members.aol.com/Glskid/skills.html
Drug prevention tips and links to other prevention resources


Federal interagency forum on child and family statistics
http://childstats.gov/
Additional links to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families 


Mothers Against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.org
The MADD home page


National Families in Action
www.nationalfamilies.org
The NFIA home page that includes links to reports and updated substance abuse information


National Family Partnership
http://www.nfp.org/main/main.html
The National Family Partnership site devoted to leading and supporting healthy, drug-free communities


Partnership for a Drug-Free America
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/drug_info.html
An organizational site that contains drug information


PRIDE USA 
http://www.prideusa.org/
A site devoted to substance abuse prevention through education that includes statistical information


National survey shows parents' actions contradict their beliefs concerning teen marijuana use
http://www.hazelden.org/press_releases_detail.dbm?id=772
An article about a Hazelden Foundation survey that finds conflicting beliefs and messages from parents concerning marijuana use


Specialty schools for defiant teens
http://www.intrepidnetreporter.com/TeenHelp/teenhelp.html
Links to teen campuses and facilities designed to help troubled teens


Guiding Hands Adolescent Services, Inc.
http://www.guidinghands.com/

A site devoted to assisting families with troubled teens