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Below is information about various resources that may be useful for parents, educators, and community leaders in working with adolescents to prevent drug abuse. Every effort has been made to provide accurate information on each of the resources, but it may be necessary to contact the developer or distributor of each resource to verify availability, content, and pricing as these factors are subject to change. Resources are listed under the following categories:
- Educational Program/Curriculums/Teaching Materials
- Brochures and Other Written Information
- Videos and Other Media-based Resources
- Miscellaneous Resources/Clearinghouses
Educational Programs/Curriculums/Teaching Materials
Title: The FACT Program (Facing Adolescent Challenges Together)
Source: Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis
Type of Resource: Educational Program
Description: FACT is held at Methodist Hospital and is presented in two four-hour sessions. Interactive activities cover drug facts, decision making, victim impact, and medical, legal, and financial consequences. Various guest speakers are featured including health professionals, law enforcement officers and victims of drug related injuries. It may also be possible to hold a FACT session at a community site or to arrange for distance learning opportunities on drug abuse prevention (see contact information below).
Target Audience: Adolescents aged 10-17 who are engaging in at-risk behaviors and their parents. Many adolescents are referred by the courts, but parents and other adults may also make referrals.
Drugs Covered: Alcohol and various other drugs
Cost: $50 per family
Contact Information: Methodist Hospital Health Promotions, Jennifer Griffin - 317-962-6100 or jgriffin@clarian.org
Title: The ASAP Program (Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention)
Source: Originally developed by the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, ASAP is being implemented by IUPUI students from the schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and the IU Department of Public Health.
Type of Resource: Educational Program
Description: ASAP is a 90-minute interactive session held in Indianapolis Public Schools and after-school programs. IUPUI students discuss how the brain, heart, lungs, and liver work and then describe the impact of taking various drugs on each of these organs. Actual healthy and diseased human organs that have been plastinated are shown to and handled by the participants with the goal of encouraging informed decision making about drug use. Peer pressure and ways to resist drug use are also covered.
Target Audience: 5th-8th graders in Indianapolis Public Schools
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Cocaine, and Club Drugs
Cost: No cost
Contact Information: www.iupui.edu/~iuasap
Title: SMART Moves (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training)
Source: Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Type of Resource: Educational Program
Description: SMART Moves is a prevention/education program that addresses the problems of drug and alcohol use and premature sexual activity. The program uses a team approach involving Club staff, peer leaders, parents and community representatives. The program teaches young people ages 6-15 how to say no by involving them in discussions and role-playing, practicing resistance and refusal skills, developing assertiveness, strengthening decision-making skills, and analyzing media and peer influence. The ultimate goal is to promote abstinence from substance abuse and adolescent sexual involvement through the practice of responsible behavior.
Target Audience: youth ages 6-15 and their parents
Drugs Covered: Alcohol and other drugs
Cost: The cost of program materials is $75. A reduced price of $50 is offered to Boys and Girls Clubs. Cost for 2-3 day trainings range from $2,500 to $4,500 for 20 to 40 persons and would include a copy of all program materials per team of 4 participants. For smaller groups, costs are figured on an individual basis.
Contact Information: To order, contact SMART Moves, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 1230 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30309, 404-487-5700, CRathburn@bgca.org or go to www.bgca.org/programs/healthlife.asp.
Title: B.A.B.E.S. (Beginning Alcohol & Addictions Basic Education Studies)
Source: BABESWorld, Inc.
Type of Resource: Educational Program
Description: This nationally recognized primary prevention program utilizes puppets to teach children ages 5-9 about drugs and alcohol. It was designed to provide children with resiliency skills in order to decrease the likelihood that they will experiment with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. BABES uses stories and seven life-like puppet characters and each lesson focuses on a particular concept and skill which the children learn and practice with the help of a trained professional. Students are encouraged to practice these skills in their daily lives through weekly homework assignments.
Target Audience: children ages 5-9
Drugs Covered: Alcohol and other drugs
Cost: call for pricing
Contact Information: BABESWorld, Inc., 33 E. Forest, Detroit, MI 48201, (313) 833-3962
Title: I-STAR (Indiana Students Taught Awareness and Resistance)
Source: The American Red Cross; Developed by the Institute for Prevention Research at the University of Southern California
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: The I-STAR curriculum provides education for 6th-9th graders including peer pressure intervention and the adoption of healthy resistance skills. The American Red Cross provides ready-to-use curricula and supporting tools for teaching I-STAR The components of the course include a teacher's manuals outlining the goals and objectives, student guidebooks, classroom and home activities, and parenting skills activities designed to complement student activities and reinforce healthy resistance skills at home.
Target Audience: students in grades 6-9
Drugs Covered: General prevention skills
Cost: call for pricing information
Contact Information: call (317) 684-4354
Title: Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence
Source: Lions Clubs International Foundation, associated with Lions Clubs International
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: The program involves educators, parents, and community members to develop in young adolescents essential social and emotional competencies, good citizenship skills, positive character, attitudes consistent with a drug-free lifestyle, and an ethic of service to others within a caring and consistent environment. The classroom curriculum-based program may be delivered daily, two to three times per week, or weekly using inquiry, presentation, discussion, group work, guided practice, and reflection to build positive social behaviors of self-discipline, responsibility, good judgment, and respect for self and others. Parents and families participate through shared homework assignments, four parent meetings, a parent book, and direct involvement in school activities. School, school staff, students, parents, and community members establish a school climate committee to reinforce curriculum themes through school-wide events. School staff, parents, Lions Clubs and other service organizations, and youth-serving organizations participate in training workshops, school climate events, panel discussions, service projects, and parent meetings. Each implementer must attend an introductory 2- or 3-day workshop to receive program materials.
Target Audience: 6th through 8th graders (10 to 14 year olds)
Drugs Covered: General Prevention Skills
Cost: Call for pricing information
Contact Information: Lions-Quest, P.O. Box 304, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701, Phone: (800) 446-2700, Fax: (240) 646-7023, E-mail:info@lions-quest.org, www.lions-quest.org
Title: Afternoons R.O.C.K. in Indiana (Recreation, Object lessons, Culture and values, and Knowledge)
Source: Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) at Indiana University and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health and Addiction
Type of Resource: After-school Educational Program
Description: Given that 3-6pm is the time when most adolescent drug use occurs, the goal of Afternoons R.O.C.K. is to replace afternoon temptations by filling this time with positive activities. The program consists of a minimum of 40 clock hours of programming, including at least 10 hours of two focused prevention activities, and up to 30 or more hours of supportive prevention activities programming on at least fifteen different dates spread over at least six weeks under the direct supervision of a Certified Prevention Professional.
Target Audience: youth aged 10-14
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
Cost: supported by tax dollars and offered through various Indiana schools
Contact Information: www.rock.indiana.edu/
Title: Friendly PEERsuasion
Source: Girls, Inc.
Type of Resource: Educational/Training Program
Description: Friendly PEERsuasion was developed by Girls Incorporated to convince girls to avoid using harmful substances. Participants in the 11 to 14 year old age group are trained to become peer leaders for 6 to 10 year olds. The experience of teaching reinforces the PEERsuaders' commitment to avoiding drug and alcohol use.
Target Audience: Girls aged 11-14
Drugs Covered: General Drug Abuse
Cost: Call for more information
Contact Information: Sarah Riester, Girls, Inc., National Resource Center, 441 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN, Phone: 317/634-7546, Fax: 317/634-3024, E-mail: sriester@girls-inc.org
Title: Preparing for the Drug Free Years
Source: Developmental Research & Programs, Inc.
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: This program attempts to reach parents before their children begin experimenting with drugs and focuses on family relationships and communication, family management skills, and resolution of family conflict. Volunteer workshop leaders deliver the program in five two-hour session or ten on-hour sessions. Interactive, skill-based sessions help parents practice new skills and receive feedback.
Target Audience: Parents of children in grades 4 through 8
Drugs Covered: General drug use prevention
Cost: Curriculum kits cost $696-$735 and Family Activity Books are $16.95 each. A fee of $4,500 provides training service for up to ten participants and includes all materials and handouts. All travel expenses are additional.
Contact Information: Dan Chadrow, 130 Nickerson St., Suite 107, Seattle, WA 98109, 1-800-736-2630, fax: 206-286-1462, moreinfor@drp.org, www.drp.org
Title: Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families
Source: Chudley E. Werch, Ph.D., CHES, FAAHB, Center for Drug Prevention Research at the University of North Florida, and NIMCO, Inc.
Type of Resource: Educational Program
Description: The goal of STARS is to have youth postpone alcohol use until adulthood. Three primary strategies are used: individual consultations with a nurse annually, a series of postcards mailed to parents with information on initiating dialogue about drug use, and family take-home lessons with prevention activities. The intervention can be done through schools, health clinics, youth organizations, etc. and generally last from 1-3 years.
Target Audience: At-risk middle and junior high school youth (ages 11-15)
Drugs Covered: Alcohol
Cost: Call for more information
Contact Information: Paula Jones, NIMCO, Inc., P.O. Box 9, Calhoun, KY 42327-0009, 1-800-962-6662, ext. 114, Paula@nimcoinc.com, www.nimcoinc.com
Title: Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol
Source: Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D, Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the university of Minnesota
Type of Resource: Community-Based Program
Description: This program is designed to reduce adolescent access to alcohol by changing community policies and practices. Resource materials are available to organize the efforts of civic groups, faith organizations, schools, community groups, law enforcement, liquor licensing agencies, and advertising outlets.
Target Audience: Communities, to impact adolescents aged 13 to 20
Drugs Covered: Alcohol
Cost: Many materials can be downloaded free of charge
Contact Information: www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol, Becky Mitchell, Coordinator, Alcohol Epidemiology Program, Community Health Education, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, 612-625-8349, fax: 612-624-0315, aep@epi.umn.edu
Title: Project ALERT
Source: Phyllis Ellickson, Ph.D. and RAND Corporation
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: Project ALERT is a 2-year, 14-lession program that uses participatory activities and videos along with homework assignments that involve parents and how to resist drugs.
Target Audience: middle school students aged 11-14
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants
Cost: Call for more information
Contact Information: Project ALERT, 725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 970, Los Angeles, CA 90017-5416, 1-800-253-7810, fax: 213-623-0585, info@projectalert.best.org, www.projectalert.best.org
Title: Too Good For Drugs
Source: Mendez Foundation
Type of Resource: Educational
Curriculum Description: This program includes separate, developmentally appropriate curriculums for each grade level with the goals of developing skills, attitudes, knowledge, and positive peer norms related to drug use. Role plays, cooperative learning, games, small group activities, and class discussion along with a family component are part of the curriculum.
Target Audience: students in Kindergarten through 12th grade
Drugs Covered: General Drug Use Prevention
Cost: Call for more information
Contact Information: Susan K. Chase, Director of Training, Prevention Education Programs, The Mendez Foundation, 601 S. Magnolia Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606, 1-800-750-0986, ext. 206, fax: 813-251-3237, schase@mendezfoundation.org, www.mendezfoundation.org
Title: Here's Looking at You (and the high school module, Here's Looking At You, 2000)
Source: United Learning
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: Here's Looking at You helps prevent substance abuse by giving students the information they need to make healthy decisions, helping students develop skills to refuse drugs and alcohol and maintain healthy relationships with peers and adults, and focusing on the importance of bonding with family, peers, and community as a means to coping with stress. The program presents a clear "no use" message, targets "gateway" drugs, relates directly to young people's real-life experiences, and accommodates diversity (lessons have been tested and used successfully in schools with students from a variety of backgrounds). The curriculum is divided into separate kits for grades K-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-9, and 10-12. Each grade level includes two issues of The Prevention Connection, a newsletter for parents, with information about what students are learning in the program, up-to-date drug information, and ideas for family activities. Family homework is included at all grade levels. Parents can also request a copy of the optional workbook, Preparing for the Drug Free Years, which includes ideas for family meetings and many other activities.
Target Audience: Kindergarten through grade 12
Drugs Covered: General Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Cost: Call for more information
Contact Information: To order Here's Looking at You, contact United Learning at 1-800-323-9084 or info@unitedlearning.com. United Learning also offers preview copies of this curriculum. Customized training on how to use Here's Looking at You is also available through United Learning.
Title: Ruth Lilly Health Education Center Drug Education Programs
Source: Ruth Lilly Health Education Center
Type of Resource: Educational Programs
Description: The Ruth Lilly Health Education Center, located near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana is a not-for-profit organization utilizing a multimedia, high-tech, hands-on approach to provide health education and wellness programs to people from preschool age through adult. All programs are targeted to specific ages and cover a wide variety of health topics, including drug education. Outreach Programs are available in which many of the programs can be brought to your classroom. Special programs are also available for Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops.
Target Audience: specific programs are geared towards grades 3 & 4, 4-6, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9-12, and adults
Drugs Covered: General Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
Cost: Programs at the Ruth Lilly Health Education Center cost $3 per student, $3 per chaperone, and there is no cost for teachers. There is a minimum cost of $72 per program and the maximum number of participants is 150 per program. Programs brought to your classroom cost $100 for the first class, $60 for each additional class. Mileage is charged for locations outside of Marion County.
Contact Information: Contact the Center by calling 317-924-0904 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday-Friday or register online at rlhec.org/ProgramsNew/Drug/
Title: Helping Teens Overcome Problems with Alcohol, Marijuana, and other Drugs: An early intervention and pre-assessment tool for grades 7-12
Source: Community Intervention, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: This educational program includes 9 sessions with interactive exercises aimed at helping youth examine the effects of drug and alcohol use on their lives and to consider what actions they can take to improve their lives. The Facilitator's Guide includes information on planning and implementing the curriculum. Two-day trainings are held periodically by Community Intervention to instruct facilitators in implementing the curriculum, but the training is not required.
Target Audience: students in grades 7-12 who are having problems related to alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, Marijuana, Crack and Cocaine, Ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine, Inhalants, Heroin, LSD, Methamphetamines, Nicotine, PCP, and Steriods
Cost: Facilitator's Guide is $39.95, Participant Guidebooks are $3.95 each, Tuition for the optional 2-day training is $395 and includes a Facilitator's Guide and Participant Guidebook
Contact Information: Orders can be placed online at www.communityintervention.org or by calling 1-800-328-0417.
Title: Media Sharp: Analyzing Tobacco & Alcohol Messages
Source: The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, The Office On Smoking and Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and National Education Association Health Information Network
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum
Description: This kit includes an 80-page media literacy education resource guide and a 7-minute video, both featuring activities and interactive learning. It focuses on three major forms of media: advertising/marketing, entertainment/sports, and news with the goal of teaching students to critically analyze overt ads and hidden media messages about alcohol and tobacco. The leader's guide contains several reproducible activity sheets.
Target Audience: Educators and Community Leaders working with middle school and high school students
Drugs Covered: Alcohol and Tobacco
Cost: Free
Contact Information: www.cdc.gov/tobacco/mediashrp.htm From this site you can order the kit or you can download each of the modules in the Leader's Guide.
Title: Media Took Kit for Anti-Drug Action
Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Office of National Drug Control Policy
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum/Toolkit
Description: This toolkit provides resources for developing campaigns to combat the promotion of drugs to young people through various forms of media. It provides suggestions for engaging communities and working with media sources and includes a CD-Rom with numerous templates to get you started.
Target Audience: Educators and Community Leaders
Drugs Covered: General drug use
Cost: Free
Contact Information: Mail, call, or fax request to: Media Took Kit for Anti-Drug Action, ONDCP Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000, Phone: 1-800-666-3332, Fax: 301-519-5212. The tool kit can also be downloaded at www.mediacampaign.org
Title: JAM! The Performance Edge Program
Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Center for Substance Abuse prevention: Prevention Works!
Type of Resource: Educational Curriculum/Toolkit
Description: The program aims to provide positive ways to work with teenagers on academic, athletic, and life issues surrounding the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Youth are asked to say yes to peak performance and explains how drugs don't mix in achieving performance goals. The kit includes a leader's guide, a 9 minute video, and JAM! Magazine to distribute to youth.
Target Audience: Educators/Community Leaders and Adolescents
Drugs Covered: General Drug Use
Cost: Free
Contact Information: Call 1-800-CDC-1311 or fax your order to Kymber Williams at 404-488-5939.
Title: 101 Ready-To-Use Drug Prevention Activities
Source: Red Ribbon Resources in Plainview, New York and Community Intervention in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type of Resource: Manual with Teacher Resources
Description: The manual contains 101 classroom activities complete with instructions and reproducible activity sheets. Activities fall under the following categories: Making Good Choices, Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs, and Red Ribbon Week Activities. The description of each activity also lists the National Health Education Standards correlating to that activity.
Target Audience: Teachers of students in grades 2-6
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, tobacco, and a few activities on various other drugs
Cost: $39.95
Contact Information: Orders can be placed online at www.communityintervention.org or by calling 1-800-328-0417.
Title: Dangers of Drugs: Transparencies
Source: Human Relations Media in Mount Kisco, New York and Community Intervention in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Type of Resource: Overhead transparencies
Description: Each packet covers one drug and includes full-color transparencies for classroom use. The content includes basic statistics, warning signs, long and short term consequences of use, legal issues, and treatment resources.
Target Audience: students in grades 7-12
Drugs Covered: Packets of transparencies are available for each of these drugs: marijuana, alcohol, inhalants, and club drugs Cost: $74.95 per packet (each packet includes information on one kind of drug)
Contact Information: Orders can be placed online at www.communityintervention.org or by calling 1-800-328-0417.
Brochures and Other Written Information
Title: Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol/Marijuana/Inhalants/Cocaine/ Heroin/Club Drugs/Hallucinogens
Source: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Type of Resource: Brochures/Pamphlets
Description: This series of brochures provides facts and dispels myths about substance use. Information is provided on slang terms, warning signs, long-term and short-term effects, physical and psychological risks, impact on sexual performance, and legal implications. Each pamphlet contains information about one kind of drug.
Target Audience: Teens
Drugs Covered: Alcohol/Marijuana/Inhalants/Cocaine/ Heroin/Club Drugs/Hallucinogens
Cost: Free
Contact Information: Orders can be placed on the web at ncadi.samhsa.gov/ or by calling SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
Title: Keep Kids Alcohol Free: Strategies for Action
Source: Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free in Chevy Chase, Maryland
Type of Resource: Booklet
Description: This booklet gives examples of ways to reduce the availability of alcohol, improve the effectiveness of law enforcement, and change social norms about alcohol in the home, at school, and in the community. Numerous websites are listed that include effective strategies.
Target Audience: Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders working with 9-15 year olds to prevent alcohol use
Drugs Covered: Alcohol
Cost: Free
Contact Information: www.alcoholfreechildren.org
Title: Make a Difference: Talk to your child about Alcohol
Source: Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Type of Resource: Booklet
Description: This booklet covers the risks associated with underage drinking and how to communicate with your child about avoiding alcohol. It also provides prevention strategies for parents and warning signs of alcohol abuse.
Target Audience: Parents
Drugs Covered: Alcohol
Cost: Free
Contact Information: www.alcoholfreechildren.org
Videos and Other Media-based Resources
Title: Educate: Creating Inhalant Abuse Awareness Together
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Phoenix House American Council for Drug Education, Inc.
Type of Resource: Video
Description: This 15 minute video covers statistics, warning signs, and the dangers associated with inhalant abuse. Parents of children who died from using inhalants and a young man who overcame his addiction to inhalants share their stories. The video stresses the parent's role in prevention since inhalants are legal products and these substances cannot be regulated.
Target Audience: Parents, Educators, and other Caregivers
Drugs Covered: Inhalants
Cost: $5.00
Contact Information: Phoenix House American Council for Drug Education, Inc. Phoenix House Children of Alcoholics Foundation, Inc., 164 West 74th Street, New York, NY 10023, 646-505-2060, Fax 212-595-2553, email: acde@phoenixhouse.org, www.acde.org
Title: The Key
Source: MADD (Mother-s Against Drunk Driving)
Type of Resource: CD-Rom
Description: The purpose of this CD-Rom is to prepare parents and adolescents to hold a family meeting about alcohol and drug use. It uses graphics, videos, charts, quizzes, and testimonials to share basic drug information, legal and financial consequences, statistics, and driving and drug use. The CD-Rom can also help the family design an agreement regarding drug and alcohol use and related issues. Separate section of the CD-Rom are geared towards parents and adolescents.
Target Audience: Parents and Adolescents
Drugs Covered: Alcohol and other drugs
Cost: You may order up to 10 copies of The Key online. To defray shipping and handling costs, there will be a charge of $4.50 for the first copy and $1.50 for each additional copy.
Contact Information: www.madd.org
Title: Drinking It In
Source: Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free and ImageMaster Productions
Type of Resource: Video
Description: This five minute video features adolescents talking about the images of alcohol that they are bombarded with. They discuss alcohol use and advertisements on TV, in movies, at local stores, on the internet, in magazines, and on billboards.
Target Audience: 9-15 year olds
Drugs Covered: Alcohol
Cost: Free
Contact Information: www.alcoholfreechildren.org
Miscellaneous Resources/Clearinghouses
Title: SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Source: The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Type of Resource: Clearinghouse for drug prevention resources
Description: SAMHSA provides a multitude of free drug prevention resources tailored to specific audiences. Resources include brochures, booklets, curriculums, toolkits, posters, videos, etc. Some materials are available in languages other than English.
Target Audience: Materials are available for children, adolescents, college students, elderly, parents, educators, clergy, health professionals, people of various cultures, prevention program planners
Drugs Covered: Various drugs
Cost: Free
Contact Information: Orders can be placed on the web at ncadi.samhsa.gov/ or by calling SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
Title: Red Ribbon Resources
Source: The Guidance Channel and the Bureau for At-Risk Youth
Type of Resource: Source for purchasing drug prevention products
Description: This company sells products that schools can use to promote Red Ribbon Week, which is held at the end of October to promote a drug-free environment. Products include activity books, bags, clothing, electronics, posters, handouts, ribbons and pins, videos, etc.
Target Audience: Teachers (products are available for all grades)
Drugs Covered: General drug use
Cost: varies based on the product
Contact Information: www.redribbonresources.com or 1-800-646-7999
Title: Tools to Help Youth Catalog
Source: Community Intervention in Minneapolis, MN
Type of Resource: Source for purchasing drug prevention materials
Description: This company carries numerous videos, posters, transparency packets, display boards, and other teaching tools about a variety of drugs.
Target Audience: Each product specifies the targeted age group from Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, tobacco, and various other drugs
Cost: varies depending on the item
Contact Information: Call 1-800-328-0417, fax 612-342-2388, or www.communityintervention.org
Title: Healthy Communities Catalog
Source: Channing Bete Company
Type of Resource: Source for purchasing drug prevention materials
Description: This company carries numerous brochures, booklets, activity books, videos, posters, and toolkits, about a variety of drugs.
Target Audience: Each product specifies the targeted age group from ages 3 to 18, and they also carry materials for parents.
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, tobacco, and various other drugs
Cost: varies depending on the item
Contact Information: Call 1-800-628-7733, fax 1-800-499-6464, www.channing-bete.com
Title: Helping You Promote Health Catalog
Source: Journeyworks Publishing
Type of Resource: Source for purchasing drug prevention products
Description: Journeyworks sells various colorful pamphlets on a variety of health issues. Some of the titles related to drug prevention include "The Truth About Inhalants," "Ecstasy and Other Club Drugs," "37 Scary But True Facts About Drugs," "The Brain-Scrambling Marijuana Quiz," "How Alcohol Affects Your Body," "50 Things You Should Know About Binge Drinking and Alcohol Poisoning," and "The Alcohol and Binge Drinking Quiz." All of the pamphlets include graphics and are quick and easy to read. Some pamphlets are available in Spanish.
Target Audience: Adolescents
Drugs Covered: Alcohol, Binge Drinking, Drinking and Driving, Tobacco, Marijuana, Inhalants, Ecstasy and Club Drugs, and general drug use.
Cost: varies based on the item and quantity ordered
Contact Information: Orders can be placed on the web at www.journeyworks.com or by calling 1-800-775-1998, or by mail to Journeyworks Publishing, P.O. Box 8466, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-8466. Call the toll free number to request free samples of up to six different titles.
Title: Fatal Vision® Goggles
Source: Innocorp, ltd
Type of Resource: Specially designed and manufactured pair of goggles that simulate the visual impairment caused by alcohol or other drugs.
Description: The goggles cause the wearer to experience a loss of equilibrium, which is one of the effects of intoxication. The goggles come in a variety of different kits that include supporting videos, handouts, and activities. Different versions of the goggles include low, moderate and high impairment levels. This company also carries several other alcohol and drug prevention tools.
Target Audience: Accompanying handouts are tailored to either adults, adolescents, elementary students, or businesses.
Drugs Covered: Alcohol and other drugs
Cost: Starts at $86, costs vary depending on the kit purchased.
Contact Information: Orders can be placed on the web at www.fatalvision.com, or by calling 1-800-272-5023, or by mail to Innocorp, ltd, P.O. Box 930064, Verona, WI 53593-0064.
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