RESOURCES TO HELP FAMILIES KEEP KIDS DRUG-FREE

HONOLULU - For a limited time only, the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information is offering "Prevention Basics for Families" free of charge. The kit provides practical ideas about rearing healthy, drug-free children and helps parents inform their children about the effects and dangers of specific drugs.

"Prevention Basics for Families" will be available through February 2004 only. Materials include practical ideas and tips about:

• How to let your kids know what's important to you
• Turning everyday time together into "teachable moments"
• How to communicate more effectively
• The dangers and effects of specific drugs

Special Feature Kit Publications

• Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free: A How-to Guide for Parents and Caregivers-bilingual English and Spanish (PHD1036)
• Tips for Teens About Club Drugs, Cocaine, & Tobacco (PHD852)
• Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol (PH323)
• Marijuana: Facts for Teens (PHD713)
• Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know (PHD712)
• What Parents Should Know About Ecstasy-bilingual English and Spanish (PHD957)
• Tips for Raising Drug-Free Teens (PHD949)
• Fact or Fiction postcard (AVD167)
• Words poster (AVD170)

Order free online at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/promos/theme, or call 1-800-729-6686 and ask for the Prevention Basics for Families Kit, inventory number PBKIT.

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For More Information Contact:

Elaine Wilson
Hawaii State Department of Health
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Division
Phone: (808) 692-7506
ejwilson@mail.health.state.hi.us

Janice Okubo
Department of Health
Communications Director
Phone: (808) 586-4442
Email: jsokubo@mail.health.state.hi.us