Children - Health - Substance Abuse

Children - Health - Substance Abuse

DrugSafe - Life Education Australia's free health and drug information, videos and activities for students, teachers and families.
Adventure Station - Helps kids identify and deal with emotions and how to say no to substances such as alcohol and drugs.
EPeer Voices - Voluntary, national cyber community of teens and tweens, empowered to spread the word to their subscribing friends of factual anti-drug information, tips, self tests, competitions and events.
TeenH.I.P. Awards - Features news, information, and tips for teens to think and prevent tobacco use and smoking.
For Kids Only - Activities, tips and resources from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.
The World's Fastest Clown - Campaign to create drug/tobacco free peer pressure in elementary schools. Requires Shockwave plug-in.
Mind Over Matter - Series teaches students in grades five through nine to learn the effects of drugs, steroids, and nicotine on the body.
X-Treme Truth - A site for teenagers to hear the dangers of drug abuse from other teenagers and to get involved in ways to help younger children learn the dangers of drug abuse.
Narconon Drug Information Web - Information about the effects, description, and withdrawal symptoms of cocaine and crack. Includes articles and news.
AADAC Zoot2 - Offering information for youth age 13-17 on alcohol, drugs, gambling, personal development and recovery. Interactive features include surveys, quizzes and forums showcasing youth views and talents.
AADAC My Room - Aimed at pre-teens, this interactive site offers games, quizzes, activities and facts to raise awareness of alcohol, drugs, gambling and tobacco problems and help kids make healthy lifestyle choices.
What You Need to Know About Drugs - Article explains how drugs affect the human body. Includes a look at why people use drugs, along with warning signs of drug abuse and tips for helping friends who are using drugs.
Drugs - A Thinkquest junior site offering facts, consequences, and options to drug use. Includes discussion of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, tobacco, and alcohol.
In the Mix - Altered States - A PBS documentary giving personal accounts about drug use and the effects of their use. Includes a quiz and drug use statistics.
A Guide for Teens - Developed to assist teens in helping a friend who has a problem with alcohol or drugs. Provides a list of warning signs, causes for alcohol and drug abuse, reasons why it is hard for someone to admit that he or she has a problem, and suggestions for ways to help.
The Kid's Page - Features a winning D.A.R.E. essay, as well as a tribute to its 11-year-old author who was killed by a drunk driver a few months after writing the essay. Also lists D.A.R.E. activities in Warren County, Kentucky.
D.A.R.E - Official site for the national program. Provides children with the information and skills they need to live drug and violence free lives. Also includes information for adults on D.A.R.E America programs.
Tinley Park DARE - Program information, DAREFest photos, game room and art gallery.
Mark's Realm - Includes DARE program information, teen center, kids flash site and cool site links.
Mt. Pleasant Police D.A.R.E. Program (New York) - Introduces program that is integral part of health education in the Mt. Pleasant, New York schools.
Cortez Police D.A.R.E. - Curriculum information, car gallery, upcoming events as well as inhalant abuse information are all included.
Officer Huber's D.A.R.E. Page - Former D.A.R.E. officer tells what D.A.R.E. is and why it exists. Page also includes humorous ways to say no and an assortment of kids' games.
Loves Park Dare Program - Provides information on local program and parent-student resources.
Roscoe Dare Program - Provides information on local program and parent-student resources.
Redwood City DARE - Includes drug and alcohol information, prevention techniques, a listing of programs and activities within the community, and parent information with referrals.
Rockton Dare Program - Provides information on local program and parent-student resources
North Bay Police DARE - Provides contact information, program overview and poster contest winners.
Burlington Police DARE - Photos of DARE cruiser, car show page and contact information.
Edwardsville Illinois Police DARE Program - History,description,curriculum overview and activities are provided.
Pittfields Maine DARE Program - Program overview and tips for parents are provided.
Huntington Beach Police DARE - DARE Officer biographies, program overview and effectiveness study are available.
City of St. Peters Unofficial DARE Car - Detailed information, photos and sponsor data for the St. Peters DARE car.
D.A.R.E Drug Education - Elementary school D.A.R.E project in slide show format.
Flatwoods DARE Program - Provides an overview, guestbook, and sponsor details. Kentucky chapter.
Alcohol Explained - The effects and consequences of alcohol use and abuse are described and illustrated.
In the Mix: Alcohol Abuse - The online companion to the PBS broadcast, with information and resources for teens and educators on alcohol abuse.
Kids and Alcohol - Article explores the long-term affects of alcohol as well as the dangers of early use. Includes warning signs of alcholism.
Miracles in Progress Online Alateen Group - Offers online meetings and support for teenagers whose lives are adversely effected by a loved ones alcoholism. A safe environment to learn how to live with a alcoholic parent.
Whats Driving You? - Virtual walkthrough of five teens and young adults making decisions about drinking, and ways to think about behaviors associated with drinking. Includes general information about penalties for underage drinking.
Don't be a Dip - Information for kids about the effects of using spit ("smokeless") tobacco.
Peers Against Tobacco - For kids, by kids to educate about tobacco and its effects.
Reality Check: The Truth About Tobacco - Youth-led movement to expose the truth about tobacco so people can make informed decisions about use.
Smoke-Free Ted's - Contests, games, and news articles with an anti-smoking message.
The Smoking Handbook - A description of tobacco and the effects of smoking, written by kids for kids.
Smoking Stinks - Article explains why smoking and chewing are harmful.
Teenz247 - Smoke-free hangout offers games, message boards, local news for teens, and articles to help teenagers in making smart decisions about drugs, smoking, and alcohol.
Tobacco Tips 4 Kids - Printable tip sheets on everything from the dangers of tobacco to kicking the habit. From the Center for Disease Control.
The Anti-Smoke - A 15-year-old urges people not to smoke and discusses the dangers of smoking.
Recess - A site for kids with information on health, tobacco prevention, and nutrition. From The American Lung Association of South Dakota.
The Surgeon General's Report for Kids About Smoking - Provides basic facts about tobacco and smoking. Also includes a look at what kids are doing from coast to coast to promote a smoke-free environment.
thetruth.com - Information on cigarettes, smoking, other tobacco products. HTML and Flash sections.
Tobacco Explained: Marketing to Youth - Heavily documented from the tobacco industry's own internal memos, reports on how the industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to youth.
TM Voice - Target Market is a movement of Minnesota teens standing up against the tobacco industry. The teen-led organization uses an advertising campaign, grassroots and public relations tactics to spread their message of how the tobacco industry manipulates teens.
Secondhand Smoke and Your Family - American Lung Association factsheet on what secondhand smoke does to young people.
KIISS - Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke - KIISS is dedicated to eliminating kids' involuntary inhalation of secondhand smoke and its multiple health risks. Features "Share A Story" Section.
Youth Against Tobacco - Tobacco information, ad contest, message board, events, and news; requires Flash.
In the Mix - Smoking: The Truth Unfiltered - PBS show shows smoking damage to your health right now and in the near future, not just 40 years down the line.
They're Rich, You're Dead - University of Miami School of Medicine's Tobacco Awareness Program for Community Youth. "We want you to see what we see in our hospital patients every day from the use of tobacco". Uses RealPlayer for video.
Mind Over Matter - How Nicotine Affects the Brain - How nicotine acts on the brain, and why it's so addictive.
19 year old Sean Marsee's Tobacco Message - High school athlete Sean Marsee's experience with smokeless tobacco and snuff.
Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry - Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.
Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters - Spoofs of ads, including some highly entertaining looks at cigarette advertising.
The Irreversible Health Effects of Cigarettes - Pamphlet from ACSH. Quitting greatly reduces risks, but some effects of smoking are permanent, including effects on the lungs, heart, eyes, throat, urinary tract, digestive organs, bones and joints, and the skin.
How Smoking Affects The Way You Look - ASH-UK factsheet covers how smoking affects the skin, body shape, and weight.
Industry Secrets - Documents from lawsuits reveal tobacco industry knowledge of health effects, marketing tactics, strategy to confuse the science, manipulating tobacco's addictive properties, fighting against clean indoor air standards, and political involvement in opposing prevention efforts.
Memos Highlight Importance Of 'Younger Adult Smokers' - Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry says in its internal memos about getting kids to smoke.
Face the Faces - Started in response to a tobacco executive's statement that the people who die each year from tobacco are just "computer-generated numbers", this site shows some of the people who are dead or dying of diseases caused by tobacco.
Kiss My Ash - A personal account of a writer for an alternative newspaper, who found that he couldn't write articles critical of the tobacco industry as long as the paper was taking tobacco ads.
The Badvertising Institute - Spoofs cigarette ads.
4-A-Voice - Designed to give everyone a voice, lets real people share their stories about what tobacco products did to their loved ones.
Smoke-FX - Smoke-FX is a portal that helps youth make choices, take charge, and act locally on tobacco control issues. It features information, online activities and links to resources created by Ontario communities.
Marijuana: Facts for Teens - From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, comprehensive information about marijuana and its effects.
Teenagers and Marijuana - Project by a 9th grader in a Washington state school. Includes drug facts, warning signs, the student's personal beliefs, and links.
Marijuana and Teenagers - Designed by a high school in Australia. Offers information on different types of marijuana, characteristics of marijuana, and the effects of the drug on teenagers.
What Steroids Can Do to You - Includes an overview of the history of steroid abuse in the athletics circles, side effects, and links to other sites offering steroid abuse information.
Anabolic Steroid Abuse - Scientific research about the effects of steroids, abuse and addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Steroids - Overview of what medical steroids are, signs of use, dangers, and stories of use.
Witness - Dying to Win - CBC Witness documentary that looks at the prevalence of doping in the world of international sport.
If Looks Could Kill - A webquest challenging students to investigate steroids and creatine.
Introduction to Steroids - An eighth grader's report on steroids, including sections on how and why they're used, side effects, statistics, and a bibliography.
Steroids, Sports and Athletic Performance - What they are, what they do, efffects on behavior, and getting help.
Steroids - Part of a Thinkquest site, detailing athletes who have gotten caught using steroids to enhance performance, and other stories.
Steroids - Made by a biology student. Includes vocabulary, effects, why people use steroids, and mistakes made by steroid abusers.
Anti-Doping - In English, Spanish, and French, a look at banned substances, why people do steroids, signs that someone is abusing, how they are used, effects, and other drugs that athletes can abuse. From the Junior Tennis League of the International Tennis Foundation.
Anabolic Steroids in Sports - Side effects, athletes caught abusing, and a special look at the effects of steroids on teenagers.

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