Internet Resources
Click on a link to access the website.
American Council for Drug Education
Run by Phoenix House, this site contains areas for educators, healthy professionals, parents, and students. There is information on substances as well as resources for teachers.
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids is devoted to changing public attitudes and public policies on tobacco. Its goals are to prevent kids from smoking, to help smokers quit, and to protect everyone from secondhand smoke. The site contains information on campaigns to fight tobacco companies as well as statistics on the devastating health consequences for our youth from smoking.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A virtual warehouse of information resides at this site, with material covering hot topics of the day as well as long-term health issues.
Drugstory
This site is an excellent resource for information on specific substances. Sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, its focus is to provide data to journalists and the media on substance use. It also links to other government-sponsored websites that deal with substances.
Healthfinder
Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other federal agencies, Healthfinder links users to government and nonprofit health and human services information and websites.
LifeSkills Training
This is the home page of LifeSkills Training, which publishes this high school program, as well as other prevention curricula. Here you can find information on substance abuse prevention materials for both teachers and parents, along with important prevention news.
National Health Information Center
This site serves as a health information referral service, linking consumers who have health questions to those organizations that are best able to provide answers.
Smokefree.gov
This site is devoted to helping people quit smoking. Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, it contains a variety of resources to suit your style–including 800 numbers and IMing–for help in quitting, as well as a variety of publications.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy
This is the home page of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, where you can find the latest policy reports and information on polls, campaigns, and prevention strategies. The Drug Facts section contains in-depth information on all the current popular drugs, including their current slang terms.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
This site posts drug news and feature articles, along with a great section called Drug Guide, where you can search for information on drugs by their street names and view pictures to help you identify them.













