Resources

For:
Parents • Youth • Support Groups/Treatment Centers • Professionals

 

PARENTS

Drug/Alcohol Information

• Kids Health for Parents (not just drug info)
• Parenting Teens Online (not just drug info)
• In The Know Zone (not just drug info)
• The Anti-Drug
• Drug Free (National)
• Drug Free NJ
• Get Smart About Drugs
• National Institute for Drug Abuse: Parents & Teachers Subsection
• Alcohol Free Children
• NCADD: For Parents Subsection

How to Be Involved:

• Be Clear on the Rules of your House
• Mothers Against Destructive Decisions or Drunk Driving
• Parents Anonymous
• Parent Teacher Associations
• Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
• Take the American Medicine Chest Challenge
• Join ADAPT

What are the laws?

• Social Host Law
  In NJ, if you provide alcohol to youth, other than your own, in your home, you are breaking the law.
• Private Property Ordinance
  In some towns in NJ, if an underage person is caught drinking in a person’s home, there are fines and their license can be suspended or delayed.
• Driving While Intoxicated in NJ

Worried About Your Child? Get Help.

• Parents Toll Free Help Line
• Mental Health and College Students

 

YOUTH

Drug/Alcohol Information

• Kids Health for Kids (not just drug info)
• Kids Health for Teens (not just drug info)
• National Institute On Drug Abuse for Teens
• National Institute on Drug Abuse for Students and Young Adults
• Above The Influence
• Just Think Twice
• Check Yourself
• American Council for Drug Education for Youth
• The Cool Spot
• A Kid’s Guide to the Effects of Alcohol

How To Be Involved:

• Students Against Destructive Decisions

SUPPORT GROUPS/ TREATMENT CENTERS

• NJ Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meetings
• Alcohol Screening Quiz
• NJ Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Meetings
• NJ AlAnon and AlaTeen Meetings (for family members of problem drinkers)
• NJ Drug Treatment and Rehab Centers
• NJ Gamblers Anonymous (GA) Meetings
• Marijuana Anonymous (no NJ Meetings)
• Faces and Voices of Recovery
• Find Substance Abuse or Mental Health Treatment Centers

 

FOR PROFESSIONALS

Alcohol & Drug Related

• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
• NJ 21 Coalition
• Join Together
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
• National Registry Of Evidence- Based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Association for Children of Alcoholics
• National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• NJ Drug Treatment and Rehab Centers
• Office of Justice Programs
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
• Youth Leadership Institute

Other Important Resources

• National Runaway Switchboard
• Center for Disease Control (CDC)