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Join the Newsletter for Every Brain Matters!
Every Brain Matters is a community of support, advocacy, and science. Join us, as we call for a cultural change with the widespread use of our logo, which unites us and symbolizes both “freedom from marijuana” and optimal brain and environmental health.
DEA Family and Education Website Sign Up
This website from the National Drug Enforcement Agency is called Get Smart About Drugs. On this site, you will find so much information about drugs, policy, and support.
CLICK HERE for the link.
Just Think Twice
JUST Think Twice Click the link to join the publication and notifications.
This is a United States Government, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website.
Tobacco-Free for a Healthy NJ,
Through Tobacco-Free for a Healthy NJ, 10 regional tobacco collaboratives (RTC) were created to coordinate tobacco prevention efforts across NJ. We strive to include all sectors of the community in the RTCs to truly represent each region. By bringing together key stakeholders and champions in each region, we are able to drive our efforts with education & policy action. Click Here to get Resources and Support
The Center for Drug and Alcohol Resources.
The Center offers a tool kit to understand the impact of the legalization of Marijuana. Please click here to get connected with the resources. The Center offers many evidence-based programs and evidence-informed programs for youth from Kindergarten to 12th grade and professionals that are recommended by several agencies, such as Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), evidenced-based registries, and the New Jersey Department of Education.
SAFE DISPOSAL
YEA- ROUND DRUG DISPOSAL Click Here for a location near you.
Safely disposing of expired or unused medicine is critical to helping protect your kids, family, and home. And it decreases the opportunity for visitors in your home, like your kids’ friends, to abuse medicine as well.
Youth Substance Use Prevention Toolkit.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing provides a message guide and toolkit that equips youth-serving providers and organizations with the tools and resources necessary to support meaningful prevention messaging. In the toolkit, you can access messaging on youth substance use prevention, tip sheets, social media graphics and shareables, videos, webinars, interactive worksheets, and educational courses.
Click Here for the Toolkit (Click on the Message Guide) when you arrive at the site.
AAA offers a course for Driving "Blunt Truth About Marijuana and Driving
AAA Northeast has a wonderful E-learning Module for health and driver education teachers: Shifting Gears, the Blunt Truth about marijuana and driving.
Click Here for more information
NJ Statewide Addiction Access Center
Know anyone who is in need of referral to treatment?
Click here to access our online help tool. Or, call the statewide Addiction Access Center at 844-276-2777.
Wellspring Center for Prevention Newsletter Signup!
If you are a SAC or other Prevention Specialist/ Counselor this is a valuable newsletter from the Wellspring Center for Prevention. They tailor their programming for families, children, and adults. Access to this newsletter will give you so much support and resources to share. Click Here to Join the list.
Robert Wood Johnson Helps you quit tobacco for good! NO INSURANCE REQUIRED
Click Here to Register or call us at 833-795-QUIT to learn more.
Our Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialists continue to provide services while practicing safe social distancing. Treatment sessions are currently being conducted via phone and web, with virtual group/individual counseling and delivery of nicotine replacement therapies via mail.
One Pill Can Kill
Pills Purchased Outside of a Licensed Pharmacy are Illegal, Dangerous, and Potentially Deadly
The Drug Enforcement Administration warns the American public of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
SBRIT from NJCA Pilot Program
Click Here for the Counseling Information to Screen for Substance Abuse. What makes school-based SBIRT both effective and practical to implement is that it only requires the training of school staff to administer the screening, which would identify warning signs of mental health or substance abuse issues. Students exhibiting these signs would receive a brief intervention, and if deemed appropriate referred for proactive treatment.
Nell Geiger, LPC Bordentown SAC Counselor: “SBIRT is simply asking direct substance abuse and Mental health questions to an adolescent who wants to talk, it's pure, honest conversation starters that allow our youth to share confidentially, let's just ask, their voices need to be heard"
5 Steps to Take If You Find Drugs in a Teen’s Room
Learn the most common drugs used by teens, how to identify them, and what to do when you find substances in their possession.
As parties return and clubs reopen, party drugs are resurging as well, fueled by the social anxiety associated with re-entry.
Caron’s Prevention Programming for Schools
Student Assistance Program:
Resource Guide - A Step-by-Step Guide to Obtaining Substance Use Treatment for your Teen
It can be challenging for parents to know what to do when they discover their teen is using substances. To help provide some guidance, we have developed a parent resource guide outlining some steps to take.
Virtua English-Spanish_Community Connection_Aunt Bertha.pdf
The Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Teenagers
Is legalization responsible for a rise in teenage marijuana use? It’s vital for experts to continue examining this question, as there are serious mental health consequences for teens who use the drug regularly.
2021 Outlook: Alcohol Abuse in Women Is On the Rise
Heavy drinking nearly doubled among women in 2020, along with a 39 percent increase in alcohol-related problems. Women in their 20s have the highest risk of alcohol abuse.
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