The following Web sites are for campaigns and programs support by Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking agencies. These Web sites reflect
a developmental approach to preventing underage drinking, from helping preschool
children establish a foundation for healthy decisionmaking to supporting tweens
and teens in avoiding alcohol use to reducing and preventing alcohol
use by young adults. Most sites offer resources for parents, educators,
and community leaders as well as young people.
Preschool
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Building Blocks for a Healthy Future
offers tips and activities for parents and a curriculum for preschool teachers to
use in helping children 3 to 6 years old learn about good decisions and positive
relationships and so create their foundation in avoiding harmful substances. (Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services)
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Tweens/Teens
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The Cool Spot,
created for youth 11 to 13 years old, is based on a curriculum for grades
six to eight developed by the University of Michigan as part of the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism–supported Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study (AMPS).
This site gives young teens a clearer picture about alcohol use among their peers.
Teens tend to overestimate how much kids their age really drink. When they learn
more accurate information, some of the pressure to drink can subside. The site also
is designed to help young teens learn skills to resist pressure to drink and to
give them reasons not to drink. (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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NIDA for Teens: The Science
Behind Drug Abuse educates adolescents ages 11 to 15 (as well
as their parents and teachers) on the science behind drug abuse. Recognizing that
teens want to be treated as equals, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) scientists
were careful not to preach about the dangers of drug use. Rather, the site delivers
science-based facts about how drugs affect the brain and body so that youth will
be armed with better information to make healthy decisions. Elements, such as animated
illustrations, quizzes, and games, are used throughout the site to clarify concepts,
test the visitor's knowledge, and make learning fun through interaction. (NIDA)
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Too Smart To Start
provides information about underage drinking prevention for tweens and teens, their
parents and educators, and other adults in their community. The site offers interactive
games and exercises, classroom lesson plans, and other resources to help individuals
and communities respond to The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce
Underage Drinking. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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Above the Influence
is an interactive drug prevention site for youth. The goal of the site is to help
youth be more aware of the influences around them and better prepare them to stand
up to the pressures that can contribute to unhealthy decisions. (Office of National
Drug Control Policy)
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National
Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is the central Web site for
this campaign.Visitors can view the campaign's TV, radio, and print ads and download
banner ads for use on their own sites. The site also provides information on how
the public can get involved with the campaign, links to other campaign sites, a
listing of campaign publications, and news about campaign initiatives. (Office of
National Drug Control Policy)
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We Don’t Serve Teens
provides parents, retailers, law enforcement, and others with tools
and information to reduce teen drinking and related harm by reducing their easy
access to alcohol. Most teens who drink get alcohol from “social sources”—at
parties, from older friends, from their parents’ cabinets. Teen drinking is
linked to injury and risky behavior. (Federal Trade Commission)
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Young Adults
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College Drinking: Changing
the Culture is an outcome of the national Task Force on College
Drinking. It supports the goals of the task force, which include (1) providing research-based
information about the nature and extent of dangerous drinking to high school and
college administrators, students, parents, community leaders, policymakers, researchers,
and members of the retail beverage industry; and (2) offering recommendations to
college and university presidents on the potential effectiveness of current strategies
to reverse the culture of drinking on campus. (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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That Guy is a multiyear
campaign for enlisted personnel aged 18 to 24 to raise their awareness of the negative
effects of excessive drinking. The 2005 Department of Defense (DoD) Survey of Health
Related Behaviors revealed a rising rate of binge drinking among the 708,820 junior
enlisted personnel in all of the armed services. In response, the DoD/TRICARE® Management
Activity (TMA) launched “That Guy” to help reduce alcohol abuse. (U.S.
Department of Defense)
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