Drug Prevention
What Works in Drug Prevention: An Evidence Summary
Which prevention approaches reduce youth substance use, which do not, and why scare tactics usually fail.
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Drug Prevention
Evidence-based guidance on preventing alcohol, tobacco and drug use among young people: what works, what does not, and how families, schools and communities can help.
Drug Prevention
How to Talk With Teenagers About Drugs and Alcohol
Practical, research-based guidance for parents and caregivers: when to start, what to say and how to keep the conversation going.
Drug Prevention
Risk and Protective Factors for Youth Substance Use
The individual, family, school and community factors that raise or lower a young person's risk, and how prevention targets them.
Drug Prevention
School-Based Prevention Programs: What Schools Should Look For
How schools can choose and run drug and alcohol prevention programs that are backed by evidence.
Drug Prevention
Underage Drinking: Facts, Risks and Community Responses
Why underage drinking matters, how it harms the developing brain, and what families and communities can do.
Drug Prevention
Vaping and Nicotine: What Parents and Educators Should Know
E-cigarette use among young people, why nicotine is a concern for the developing brain, and how to support quitting.
Drug Prevention
Cannabis and Young People: Risks in an Era of Legalization
What research says about adolescent cannabis use, high-potency products, and how to talk about it honestly.
Drug Prevention
Opioids, Fentanyl and Naloxone: Preventing Overdose Deaths
How the fentanyl era changed overdose risk, how to recognize an overdose, and how to use naloxone.