Ask Listen Learn: Explore a guide on how to talk to kids about alcohol and how alcohol impacts the brain.
Responsibility.org: 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.
Fentanyl Facts: 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.
Facts Fight Fentanyl: Information and resources about Naloxone to help reverse opioid overdose.
Stop Overdose Humboldt: 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.
Tips for Teens About Opioids: Facts about opioids, opioid addiction, and resources for support from SAMHSA.
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.
California Department of Public Health - What is Naloxone?
"Naloxone is a life-saving medication used to reverse an opioid overdose, including heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid medications. Naloxone can be given through a nasal spray (Narcan®) in the nose. Naloxone is safe and easy to use, works almost immediately, and is not addictive..." For more information, please visit, the California Department of Public Health Facts Fight Fentanyl - Let’s reverse the overdose crisis website.
Song for Charlie was created by families who know the pain of losing children to fentanyl poisoning. This website includes facts about fentanyl, programs that might help, current data, and resources on fentanyl.
Learn about intervention and prevention addiction sources of support, treatment, recovery at https://drugfree.org/
SAMHSA | Parent & Caregiver Resources: Find support on topics including alcohol, tobacco, mental health and substance use, recovery support, harm reduction, and more.
SAMHSA’s “Talk. They Hear You.”® helps educators, parents, and caregivers get informed and start talking with youth about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs.
QuitSTART App is a free app made for teens who want to quit smoking. This app gathers information about your smoking history and gives you tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges to help you live a healthier life. Run by the National Cancer Institute.
Cost: Download free on iTunes and Android.
Website: teen.smokefree.gov
Call 1-800-NO-BUTTS (English) or 1-800-NO-FUME (Spanish) to speak with a trained counselor who will offer support and help you make a quit plan. Available in multiple languages for adults and teens. Open 6 days a week.
Cost: Free & confidential.
Website: www.nobutts.org
No vape line: 1-844-8-NO-VAPE
Quitting means taking control of your life and making the change you want to make. We're with you all the way. Here's what quitting with EX different from other programs.
Your vision of who you want to be will focus your quit plan on what really matters. Create a smart, custom plan that's as unique as you are.
Become An EX Smoker, Learn to Quit Smoking, Stop Smoking Cigarettes
Learn the impacts smoking and vaping can have on your body, chat with trained quit specialists, and build your own quit plan. Smoke Free Teen also offers support and encouragement on your quit journey.
Smoke Free TXT App is a mobile text messaging program that provides 24/7 tips, advice, and encouragement to help you quit smoking. No cost. Run by the National Cancer Institute. To sign up for SmokefreeTXT, simply text QUIT to IQUIT (47848).
Truth Initiative's This is Quitting
This is Quitting is a free and anonymous text messaging program from Truth Initiative designed to help young people quit vaping. The first-of-its-kind quit program incorporates messages from other young people like them who have attempted to, or successfully quit, e-cigarettes.
Truth Initiative Quit Text Line
Youth can text “DITCHJUUL” to 88709
Parents & Adults: Text “QUIT” to (202) 899-7550
This innovative and free text message program was created with input from teens, college students and young adults who have attempted to, or successfully, quit e-cigarettes. The program will serve as a resource for parents looking to help their children who now vape.