Resources for preventing drug use

Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free.

CSAP Prevention DSS

The Office of National Drug Control Policy has facts about drugs, tips for parents and a media campaign.

NIDA: Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents

Parenting is Prevention offers tips and resources for parents.

Partnership for a Drug-Free America has an online resource center for parents.

Marijuana Facts Parents Need to Know is an online publication from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

MADD: Protecting You/Protecting Me is a science-based alcohol use prevention curriculum for grades 1 through 5.

Including Your Child is a publication of the U.S. Department of Education.

Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention is an online publication of the U.S. Department of Education.

Your Time -- Their Future is a drug prevention campaign launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition promotes community level education and awareness about the dangers of inhalant use.

The Texas Youth Commission World of Prevention lists a variety of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children.

Texas Education Agency - Driver Training and Education

Resources for finding treatment

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration maintains online resources to help locate treatment facilities and operates toll-free hot lines in English, Spanish and TDD.

Alcoholics Anonymous information in English, Spanish and French.

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. provides information and operates a 24-hour help line.

Drug Help is a information and referral service provided by the American Council for Drug Education, that provides free, confidential assistance to those seeking help for themselves, a friend or family member.

Resources for providers

The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention provides national leadership on efforts to prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SWCAPT), a regional center funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, focuses on comprehensive prevention planning.

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers draw upon the knowledge, experience and latest work of recognized experts in the field of addictions.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is an agency of the National Institutes of Health charged with bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

The Federal Office of Management of Budget lists all OMB circulars online.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services maintains an online resource for federal grant information.

National Archives and Records Administration maintains an online site for the code of federal regulations.

The Governor’s Office provides access to Uniform Grants Management Standards.

The U.S. Department of Labor offers an online resource for workplace issues.

The World of Prevention is an online directory of resources maintained by the Texas Youth Commission.

The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information offers current information and materials concerning substance abuse.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has a number of publications describing nationwide drug crime trends, drug trafficking and surveillance, and general information and identification of drugs of abuse.

The Search Institute is an organization focused on generating knowledge about the well-being of adolescents and children, including the development of assets that help children resist substance use.

Strengthening America’s Families, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, provides information on a number of model programs for substance abuse prevention.

Texas Council on Family Violence works to end violence against women.

The Texas Department of Insurance publishes standards for reasonable cost control and utilization review for chemical dependency treatment centers.

The Texas Nonprofit Management Assistance Network provides management support services and resources to the nonprofit sector.

Tobacco Prevention

The Office of Tobacco Prevention and Control is an education resource center that provides literature and technical assistance to prevent and reduce tobacco use among youth, assist current tobacco users who want to quit, and promote a tobacco-free Texas.

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is the nation's largest non-governmental initiative to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke.

The Center for Disease Control’s Tobacco Information and Prevention Source offers a variety of data, research, educational materials and publications.

Tar Wars: Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program and poster contest for kids. The Texas Department of Health and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians invite family physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, school nurses, teachers, and other health professionals and educators to become involved as presenters of this FREE, award-winning, tobacco-free education and prevention program for fifth grade classrooms across the state.