"Your Teen and Meth"
A 20 minute long video, produced by the Petaluma Healthcare District in conjunction with PyschStrategies and Pacific Clearstream Media Group. It details a mother's experience with her teenage daughter's methamphetamine use and recovery.
"Drugs of Abuse"
Use this interactive tool to learn more about the different addictive substances
Genetic Science Learning Center. "Mouse Party." Learn.Genetics 12 July 2012 <http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html>
Videos and Interactive Educational Tools
"Mouse Party"
Another interactive tool that provides information about what happens in the brain when someone
uses an addictive substance.
Genetic Science Learning Center. "Mouse Party." Learn.Genetics 12 July 2012
<http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html>
Drugs, Brains and Behavior: Understanding Addiction
Provides scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug abuse and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat the disease.
This Contract is designed to facilitate communication between young people and their parents about potentially destructive decisions related to alcohol, drugs, peer pressure, and behavior. The issues facing young people today are often too difficult for them to address alone. SADD believes that effective parent-child communication is critically important in helping young adults to make healthy decisions.
Este contrato está diseñado para facilitar la comunicación entre los jóvenes y sus padres sobre las decisiones con potencial destructivo con relación al alcohol, las drogas, la presión de otros jóvenes y su comportamiento. Hoy los jóvenes se encuentran con problemas que son muy difíciles para confrontarlos solos. SADD cree que la communicacion efectiva entre padres y jóvenes es sumamente importante para ayudar a los adolescentes hacer decisiones sanas.
Las drogas, el cerebro y el comportamiento: La ciencia de la adicción
Proporciona información científica sobre la enfermedad de la drogadicción, incluyendo las muchas consecuencias nocivas del uso indebido de drogas y los enfoques básicos que se han desarrollado para prevenir y tratar la enfermedad.
Transitions and Teens: A Guide for Parents
Find out about a specific drug and see what it looks like.
El uso de la marihuana, de la cocaína, de la heroína y de la metanfetamina entre los jóvenes hispanos de todas las edades es preocupante. Conozca los efectos, peligros y otros detalles importantes sobre las drogas más comunes.
Tips for Parents: Underage Drinking in California. What Can You Do?
In this publication, the California Governor's Prevention Advisory Council provides information about what types of alcohol teens are drinking and where they get it from, warnings signs that your teen may be using alcohol, how to speak to your teen about alcohol, addressing peer pressure, and the truth behind the commons myths about teens and alcohol use.