Most schools and non-profit organizations work on a very tight budget.  Too often because of a lack of funding corners need to be cut and things that are important end up not happening.
So here is the good news.  There are orgainzations and agencies devoted to getting FREE materials out to those who need them.

Check out each of these.

Children's Drug Safety Manual

Stevie Wonder "Before I'll ride with a drunk, I'll drive myself". 18" x 26" Poster

SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESOURCE GUIDE:  INHALANTS
This online guide provides a list of resources such as books, brochures, videos, fact sheets, studies, organizations, and web sites on inhalant abuse.

TAKE THE SMOKE FREE PLEDGE
Kids are affected the most by second hand smoke.  Now you can do something about it, take the smoke free pledge.  You can do it by phone at1-800-513-1157 or on line at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ets.  Once you have pledge to smoke outdoors and keep a smoke fee house you will receive a Smoke-Free Home Kit in the mail.  Do it for your kids.
 

BROCHURE ON RAISING DRUG-FREE TEENS NOW AVAILABLE
A new brochure, “Tips for Raising Drug-Free Teens” produced by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America is now available as part of a continuing parenting skills campaign. The brochure, made possible by a grant from the MetLife Foundation includes information on the dangers of Ecstasy and other drugs. In addition, MetLife collaborated with the Partnership for a Drug-Free America to air two new drug-prevention messages in several markets across the country.  To download copies of the brochure, visit www.metlife.org, or call the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
 
 

ALCOHOL SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

This resource kit was developed by an American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) task force as a result of a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The kit provides facts and benefits of screening and providing brief intervention for patients presenting to the emergency department with alcohol problems. Screening tools and a template for locating community resources is also included.

To receive a copy of the Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Resource Kit contact ACEP's Customer Service Department at customerservice@acep.org or 800-798-1822, touch 6.  (Product #409036)
 
 
 
 

HELPING PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL PROBLEMS
Doctor if you haven't received this one in the mail then don't wait.  You can download a copy right now.  This healthcare providers guide may help with the questions most doctors fail to ask their patients.  It is available online, in PDF or you can have a copy sent to your office.  Go to:  http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/HelpingPatients.htm
 

Brain Power! The NIDA Junior Scientist Program
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has developed science education materials for second- and third-grade students on the brain and the effects of drugs on the brain. The curriculum is titled Brain Power! The NIDA Junior Scientist Program and consists of six modules. The goal of the curriculum is to lay the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts by providing an early elementary school-age audience with a basis of knowledge and critical thinking skills.

This package can be ordered by calling our clearinghouse (NCADI) at (800) 729-6686 and request "BPPACK"

Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program [Grades 2-3]
Six modules designed to examine the effects of drugs on the brain. Lays the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts.
The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction [Grades 9-12]
Interactive, science-based curriculum supplement for high school students and teachers. Includes a CD-ROM with video and activities. Provides current, research-based information on various aspects of drug abuse and addiction, including neurobiology, behavioral components and treatment.
• Order this Publication - NCADI #MS929
Slide Teaching Packets [High School Teachers]
This CD-ROM contains five PowerPoint presentations and text that provide a broad scientific overview of the mechanisms of addiction.
http://www.backtoschool.drugabuse.gov/curricula.html
NIDA
Online Slide Teaching Packets CD-ROM (2001)
CD-ROM · NCADI # AVD145
This CD-ROM contains the popular educational slide series The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana and The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction along with two new teaching packets, The Neurobiology of Ecstasy and Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Science Says. The first of the new packets focuses on the dangers of the club drug ecstasy and is designed to help teachers communicate these dangers to their students. The last packet provides materials that help teachers provide their students with a broad scientific overview of the mechanisms of addiction.

The Brain and The Actions of Cocaine, Opiates and Marijuana: Slide Teaching Packet I2000
Category: Science Education
Online Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Science Says: Slide Teaching Packet III (2000)
Slides, Script ·

Includes a set of 31 slides, a "hard copy" print of the slide set (to aid in previewing) and a narrative script. The objective of the teaching packet is to aide researchers and educators when communicating about what research has taught us about drug abuse and addiction. The first section addresses basic neuroanatomy and the effects of drugs on the brain, the second covers the key principles of preventing drug abuse among children and adolescents, and the third examines the overarching principles of effective drug addiction treatment. Slides can be downloaded from the web site or ordered as part of the Slide Packet CD-ROM (NCADI# AVD145)
Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Science Says: Slide Teaching Packet III2000
Category: Science Education
Online The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction: Slide Teaching Packet II (1998)
Slides, Script · NCADI # MS628
 
 

NEW DRUG GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE
The highly anticipated release of the latest edition of Drugs of Abuse has arrived! The fifty-plus page publication is your A to Z guide for drug history, effects, and identification information. Drugs of Abuse offers easy-to-read scientific information about drugs combined with scores of precise photographs shot to scale.  Previous editions were heralded by law enforcement officers, educators, and public health practitioners as one of the most comprehensive drug guides available. You can view the publication online at http://www.dea.gov/pubs/abuse/index.html
 
 
 
 

Am I drinking safely? Will alcohol cause problems for me later? Is drinking harming my health now? Among people who drink alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, or liquor), most consume safe and healthy amounts. For others, unsafe drinking patterns increase their risk for injury, illness or future alcohol problems. And, for 1 in 13 American adults, alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence (alcoholism) causes substantial harm to their health and disruption in their lives.

If you consume alcoholic beverages, it's important to know whether your drinking patterns are safe, risky or harmful. This site can help you find out. You can assess your own drinking, learn about alcohol and health issues, and find resources for additional help.
http://www.alcoholscreening.org
 
 

START YOUR OWN FREE QUIT SMOKING PROGRAM NOW!
Get all the support you need to quit smoking at QuitNet.  While you are at it check out how much your smoking habit costs you (a pack a day in Orlando, FL costs $1095.00/yr in NYC it is $2190.00).
 

FOOD AND DRUG INTERACTIONS
Download this brochure from the FDA on Food and Drug Interactions and have all the information your doctor or pharmacist forgot to tell you about the medications you take.  http://www.nclnet.org/Food%20%26%20Drug.pdf
 

At QuitSmokeless.org you will discover that with a little help from your fellow quitters, life without the tin or pouch is very possible. Read as much as you can and become involved in the Quit Smokeless Community. You can get back to a normal life without tobacco. We are proving it here, every single day.  Be sure to check their QuitTrack to see how much smokeless tobacco costs you.  If you have the stomach for it their Cancer Gallery will help anyone give up smokeless tobacco.
 

FACT SHEET:  INHALANTS, FEBRUARY 2003
More Than 18 Million Have Tried Inhalants.  "Fact Sheet: Inhalants, February 2003" (4 pp.) (NCJ 197105) provides an overview of inhalant abuse, effects, treatment, legislation, and street terms. (ONDCP)  View or download entire document at the following address:  http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/inhalants/  Place order at: http://puborder.ncjrs.org/
 
 

TWO PUBLICATIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUGS CONTROL POLICY
"National Drug Control Strategy, 2003" (64 pp.) (NCJ 198156)
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/ndcs03/

"Pulse Check: Trends in Drug Abuse Special Topic: A Look at Local Drug Markets" (93 pp.) (NCJ 197242)
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/drugfact/pulsechk/nov02
 
 

FREE DRUG EXPENSE CALCUALTOR
If you would like to know just how much you are really spending on drugs, alcohol or tobacco try this free calculator.
http://www.health.org/features/interact/calc/
 
 
 

LOCALLY FOCUSED ACTION AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Join Together Online has just launched a valuable new tool for driving locally-focused action against substance abuse. It can provide you with an unprecedented opportunity to reach concerned citizens in your state, at no cost to you. We believe locally-focused action is essential to meaningful policy change. To make this resource really come alive, we want yourparticipation.

Visit the new JTO State Action Center at http://www.jointogether.org/sa/action/state/
 
 

Addict in the Family by Dr. Andrew Byrne is a very valuable contribution -- addressing a problem that is extremely widespread, affecting huge members of people directly and indirectly, but associated with so much stigma and shame that there's an understandable reluctance to seek the facts from authoritative sources. This book provides answers to many questions, and does so in straightforward, clear and yet in no way condescending or patronizing manner. Sadly, the lack of information regarding drug use and its treatment applies to physicians and other healthcare providers almost to the same degree as to 'lay people.' Accordingly, this book by Dr. Byrne would be very worthwhile reading for his medical and nursing colleagues!

Robert G. Newman, MD, Director, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Chemical Dependency Institute of Beth Israel Medical Center, NY
 

Institute for Youth, Education, and Families

FIVE ACTION KITS
Five Action Kits are now available to download in pdf format.  Download a copy, or request that one be mailed by leaving a detailed message at 202/626-3014 or by emailing reid@nlc.org.  Single copies are free from the National League of Cities.

* Expanding Afterschool Opportunities
* Promoting Youth Participation
* Improving Public Schools
* Helping Working Families
* Protecting Children & Youth
 

NCADD HOPELINE
This information hotline will refer the caller to a local affiliate office of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Callers can also leave their name and address to receive written information about alcohol and other drug abuse. Touch tone phone is required. The hotline is available 24 hours. The phone number is 1-800-622-2255.
 
 

CMHS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LOCATOR
This directory of over 22,000 local mental health services programs in the U.S. is organized in a state-by-state format as a quick reference tool for health care providers, social workers, managed care organizations, and the general public. The directory includes links to substance abuse treatment organizations.
http://mentalhealth.org/databases/
 

CON NUEVO DISEÑO PÁGINA DE INTERNET EN ESPAÑOL PARA LA PREVENCIÓN DE DROGAS
LaAntiDroga.com provee recursos para beneficio de los padres hispanos y los adultos que comparten la crianza de sus hijos
 

EDUCATE: CREATING INHALANT ABUSE AWARENESS TOGETHER VIDEO
Featuring Dolores Jordan (Michael's mother) this video gives adults important information about this dangerous and potentially
deadly abuse.  As the first video of its kind, EDUCATE provides the education needed to close the gap between parents'
perception and their children's reality.  The video can be obtained from the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition by sending a
request via email to nipc@io.com or by calling NIPC at 800.269.4237
 
 

Children's Program Kit Now Available
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) have developed a Children's Program Kit. This valuable resource is for prevention centers and treatment
providers to help children of alcoholics (COAs) make sense of what they've been experiencing, cope with the stresses of their families' problems, and strengthen their potential for resilience. It includes a multiage curriculum of educational activities, research-based tools to reach out to COAs, dynamic videos to illustrate concepts, and a program manual including
start-up instructions and resources.

Request your free  Kit by ordering online at http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/promos/coa/. You also may order by calling
SAMHSA's NCADI at (800) 729-6686 and asking for inventory number CPKIT.
 

SMOKING LAW STATUS" LIST FOR TRAVELERS!
The ANR Foundation is pleased to announce the completion of our newest resource- Smoking Law Status in Major U.S. Travel Destinations. This list details the current status of smoking laws in restaurants and bars in major destinations, from Aspen, Colorado to Washington, D.C.  http://www.no-smoke.org
 http://www.no-smoke.org/Major%20U.S.%20Destinations-Aug03.pdf
 

SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT FOR KIDS ABOUT SMOKING
Welcome to SGR4KIDS, your online smoke-free magazine. We asked kids across the country, "What do you and your friends think about smoking, and what do you want to see in this magazine?" You will find their words and ideas in SGR4KIDS. Read on!
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm
 

2002 SLATI & SLATI UPDATE
The 2002 State-Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) and the Midterm Update have been released.  You can search the updated on-line versions at http://slati.lungusa.org.
 

NEW DRIVER KIT
TheAntiDrug.com has partnered with GEICO, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and other driving-safety leaders to offer several free resources for parents and youth to help keep teens marijuana and drug free, before they get behind the wheel of a car.

The New Teen Drivers Kit can be ordered online or by phone at the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at (800) 788-2800
http://www.theantidrug.com/steerclear/kit.asp
 
 

AMA Report on harm to the Brain of Youth who drink alcohol.
http://www.hopenetworks.org/addiction/alcohol/brain3.pdf
 

Landmark NAS Report Full Text
Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks – and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. http://www.nap.edu/books/0309089352/html/
 

Prevention Book Highlights Campus Efforts Against Drinking
“A Matter of Degree Advocacy Initiative,” showcases the prevention efforts of four campus-community coalitions. The book, presents the case histories of the University of Delaware and the City of Newark; the University of Iowa and Iowa City; the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the City of Lincoln and the University of Vermont and the City of Burlington.

A Matter of Degree was designed by the national program office at the American Medical Association and supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to more effectively test the public health/environmental management model. From 2000-2002, the campus-community coalitions worked through media advocacy, strategic planning and community organizing to help change local public policies and community environments that affect student high-risk drinking.

The book is now available as a downloadable PDF at, www.alcoholpolicysolutions.net. You can order free copies by calling Tina Mosley at (312) 464-4516 or email tina_mosley@ama-assn.org.
 

NICD Newsletter
The National Institute on Chemical Dependency was recently contacted by SAMSHA for resources to assist them in providing updated and reliable information for their web site- another reason for turning to NICD for accurate, credible, and reliable information. We thought you'd like to know this.  You can sign up for their monthly newsletter at http://fs8.formsite.com/unicor/form873037501/index.html or visit their site at http://www.ni-cor.com
 
 

CALCULATING THE EFFECTS OF TAX CHANGES ON CONSUMPTION AND REVENUE
Find out how much your state will gain in revenue due to alcohol excise tax increases!  In Arizona a 10 cent increase in tha tax/gallon of beer would mean $35.5 million more in tax revenue and would raise the price of a six pack by 15 cents.  A 10 cent increase in liquor tax would increase revenues by $22 million and the price of a bottle by 61 cents.
http://www.cspinet.org/booze/taxguide/TaxCalc.htm