Parent/Teen Drug and Alchohol Web Resources
Time to Talk
Sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, provides easy-to-use guides and tips to help parents have ongoing conversations with their kids to keep them healthy and drug free.
Time to Act
http://timetoact.drugfree.org/
Sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, the site provides information on how to tell if your teen is using drugs and how to intervene.
Parents The Anti-Drug
Sponsored by The National Youth anti-drug Media Campaign. This site offers information to parents on keeping their children safe and healthy.
This Surgeon General's guide with facts and info on underage drinking
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/
topics/underagedrinking/
FamilyGuide.pdf
This Surgeon General's guide with facts and info on underage drinking, why it's a problem, and what families can do about underage use.
The Cool Spot
Here you can get info on alcohol and resisting peer pressure. Site includes facts, reality checks, games, and info on alcohol and how risky underage drinking is.
Check Yourself
A place for teens to check out where they are with drugs and alcohol. Site includes anonymous selfassessment quizzes, videos, and stories from other teens.
Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/
stay_healthy/body/alcohol.html
This link is for kids on their body and alcohol. This site has resources for youth, teens, and parents.
NIDA For Teens
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov
This site sponsored by the National Institute for Drug Abuse is geared towards teens. The site features games, stories, facts and a place where teens can interact and ask questions.
If you are concerned that you or someone you love may have problems with drugs or alcohol, help is available. Assessment services are available by phone or in person at one of the many providers in your region. For help locating services in your area call Behavioral Health at: (989)775-4850 or (989)775-4700 [after 5pm]
