Youth and Adults Working Together for a
Safe and Healthy Community

Parents: The Anti-Drug
This site was created to give parents and other caregivers practical tools for raising drug-free kids. The site serves as both an information clearing house and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other.

Parents Helping Parents
This is an interesting website created by and for parents of teenagers with substance abuse issues.  It includes a variety of informational resources, as well as an anonymous forum for parents to share their experiences, ask questions, and support one another. Although most of the site's participants are based in Oklahoma, it's still a great resource.

Talking with Kids about Tough Issues
This site includes practical advice about talking with kids about sex, violence, drug use, and HIV/AIDS.

Drug Terms
Compiled by The Courage to Speak Foundation, this list helps parents keep up with the latest drug slang and terminology.

Dr. Randy Cale's Terrific Parenting Website
This site includes helpful articles, proven guidance, and products that will help parents help their  kids become more responsible and respectful. The site includes loads of free guidance, along with the option to subscribe to a free newsletter.

Parenting with Dignity
Topics on this website, developed by Mac Bledsoe, president and founder of the non-profit organization Parenting with Dignity, include how to talk with your child about drugs, sex, family values, Internet use, and family traditions. Mac Bledsoe’s books and parenting videos have been featured on the TODAY Show and ABC's 20/20.

Most Valuable Parents
This is a site developed by the Search Institute, a national leader in researching and generating proven ways to raise healthy, responsible children and adolescents. Guidance is based on Search's theory of the 40 Developmental Assets, which identify positive experiences, relationships, opportunities and personal qualities that all young people need to help them make positive choices.

Parents Empowered
This site is based on the "Parents Empowered" media and education campaign funded by the Utah Legislature. The site contains good content about parents' roles in their children's lives, the risk factors for substance abuse, and what parents can do to connect with their kids.

Community of Concern
In response to an overwhelming response to a booklet published for parents about keeping their children substance free, community members from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area created a non-profit organization and website that includes helpful parenting resources, both in written and electronic format.

Family Guide
More ideas for positive parenting, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
This is the parent organization of The Anti-Drug.com website, created by the federal Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education
This site is a resource for both parents and kids, including how to talk to your kids about drugs along with fun activities for young people.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
This site has extensive resources for kids, parents and teachers, as well as researchers and other health professionals. There's a comprehensive list of drugs, including information about street names, why they're used, and adverse effects.

MADD
This site is not only for victims of drunk driving. There are also resources for kids, statistics about the impact of drunk driving, plus underage drinking research and facts about how alcohol impacts boys, girls, and the body in general.

International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behavior
McGill University in Quebec is one of the leading institutions in the research, prevention and treatment of problem gambling behaviors among youth. This site includes research, prevention and treatment information for parents, along with a section for youth that includes a quiz to help them identify a gambling problem. (Note: This site loads slowly.)

Alcohol and Drug Information
This site is a good resource for publications about keeping children substance free.

The Cost of Underage Drinking
Calculate the societal costs of underage drinking by state. This site is maintained by The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center, a program of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

FACE
This organization is a good resource for information about alcohol issues in general, as well as how to raise awareness about substance issues in a particular community. FACE also produces a catalog with a variety of materials to use in alcohol awareness media campaigns.

International Institute for Alcohol Awareness
This site describes some what this and other lobbying firms are doing to promote policies and practices that will help prevent alcohol abuse, underage drinking, and the availability of alcohol to minors. IIAA is affiliated with the non-profit public health organization, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.


The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth
This organization is located at Georgetown University and has some great statistics about the impact of underage drinking. It monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry in order to focus attention on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of young people.