Substance Use/Misuse Resources for Families
NCIDC Clearing the Air Scared Use Not Abuse 2023.pdfGeneral Substance Use Prevention
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Find support on topics including alcohol, tobacco, mental health and substance use, recovery support, harm reduction, and more.
Partnership to End Addiction
Learn about prevention and early action as well as support with addiction treatment and recovery.
Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Tobacco
Flavors Hook Kids Parent Resources
Caregiver resources including knowing the signs of vaping, tips for talking with teens, helping kids uncover and discover facts, and more.
Talk with Your Teen About E-Cigarettes
A tip sheet for parents and caregivers with ideas on how to talk to your teen or child about vaping and where to find more support. Information comes from the US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and US Public Health Service.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Vaping
A guide from the American Lung Association on what parents and caregivers need to know, signs your kid may already be vaping, and tips for a healthy discussion.
This page contains a list of factsheets from the Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit and includes information on e-cigarettes and vape pens, hookah and smokeless tobacco, and tobacco basics.
Alcohol
Learn about how to talk to kids about alcohol and learn more in depth about when to start discussing alcohol, social media influence, peer pressure, impacts of parent/caregiver drinking on kids, the impacts of alcohol on developing brains, and more.
Explore a guide on how to talk to kids about alcohol and how alcohol impacts the brain.
Talk to Your Child About Alcohol
A guide from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that covers talking to your teen about alcohol, prevention strategies, and warning signs of drinking problems.
Other Drugs & Fentanyl
Preventing Drug Use: Connecting and Talking With Your Teen
Advice from Partnership to End Addiction on staying involved in teens' lives, finding opportunities for real conversations, approaching talks with openness, and offering empathy and support.
Talking to Teens about Fentanyl
Tips on having conversation with your teens about the risks of fentanyl and about naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses.
Learn about the synthetic opioid fentanyl, including what it is, how it affects the body, overdose effects, and more resources. Information comes from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Learn about facts, risks, what to say, and resources for conversations about marijuana and supporting kids and teens.
An initiative of the Rx Safe Humboldt Coalition to increase awareness of the overdose risks associated with opioids, including how to get help and where to access naloxone.
Facts, data, and resources on fentanyl.
Harm Reduction Model
KTJUSD Harm Reduction1.pdfKTJUSD Harm Reduction2.pdf