Fact sheets, toolkits, videos, and links to even more resources are provided for download and sharing. If a Spanish version of a resource is available, it is linked in italics. If you cannot find the resource you are looking for, please contact communications@prevention.org, and we will work with you to locate the information.
General
Underage Drinking
Facts About Teen Drinking (NIDA)
Get the Facts About Underage Drinking | Spanish Version
NIAAA for Middle School
Facts on Underage Drinking
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Underage Drinking | Spanish Version
For Parents
Underage Drinking: How To Talk With Your Child About Alcohol Use
Parents—Talk With Your High School Grads About Celebrating Safely | Spanish Version
Talk. They Hear You. (SAMHSA) | Spanish Version
Parenting to Prevent Childhood Alcohol Use | Spanish Version
Power of Parents (MADD)
The Impact of Underage Drinking on Brain Development
The Impact of Underage Drinking on Cost to the Community
The Impact of Underage Drinking on Injuries, Car Crashes, and Death
The Impact of Underage Drinking on Mental Health
The Impact of Underage Drinking on Academic Success
The Impact of Underage Drinking on Social Consequences
About Cannabis (CDC)
Cannabis: The Facts You Need to Know (NIDA)
Drug Facts: What is Marijuana (NIDA) | Spanish Version
Marijuana/Cannabis (DEA)
5 Things to Know about Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol - Delta-8 THC
Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth (SAMHSA)
Marijuana Fact Sheet
IL Marijuana Law Quick Facts
For Youth
Cannabis and Teens (CDC)
Marijuana: The Brain's Response | Spanish Version
Marijuana Risks: Virtual Assistant (SAMHSA)
Marijuana Risks: Build A Brain (SAMHSA)
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana | Spanish Version
Marijuana and Teens (American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry)
Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know
Does Marijuana hurt or help your brain? (PBS)
Marijuana Talk Kit
How Parents Can Talk to Teens about Marijuana Legalization (Healthline)
Talking with your Teen about Marijuana
Research
SAMHSA: Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth
Cannabis Use and the Risk for Psychosis and Affective Disorders
Regulating Cannabis Manufacturing: Applying Public Health Best Practice from Tobacco Control
One Minute of Marijuana Secondhand Smoke Exposure Substantially Impairs Vascular Endothelial Function
The Impact of Marijuana Policies on Youth: Clinical, Research, and Legal Update (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Article
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Regular Use and Cognitive Functioning (Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction)
U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services-Office of the Surgeon General)
Lessons Learned from State Marijuana Legalization (Smart Approaches to Marijuana)
A Public Health Framework for Legalized Retail Marijuana Based on the US Experience: Avoiding a New Tobacco Industry
Lessons from Tobacco For Developing Marijuana Legalization Policy
Cannabis: The Current State of Affairs (CADCA)
Cannabis: The Facts You Need to Know Teacher's Guide (NIDA)
Higher Education Cannabis Prevention Toolkit (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators)
Marijuana Prevention and Education Toolkit (Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network)
Cocaine (NIDA) | Spanish Version
Cocaine (Medline Plus) | Spanish Version
Drug Fact Sheet: Cocaine (DEA)
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Cocaine | Spanish Version
Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Cocaine | Spanish Version
Tips for Teens: The Truth about Hallucinogens | Spanish Version
Facts You Should Know About Club Drugs (IDHS)
Psilocybin Facts (NIDA) | Spanish Version
Club Drug Use (Family Doctor.org) | Spanish Version
What are "Magic Mushrooms?" (KidsHealth) | Spanish Version
What is MDMA (Ecstasy) (KidsHealth) | Spanish Version
Learn about Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine Research Report | Spanish Version
Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine)
DEA Methamphetamine Drug Fact Sheet
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Methamphetamine | Spanish Version
Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Methamphetamine | Spanish Version
DEA Fake Pills Fact Sheet | Spanish Version
Fentanyl DrugFacts (NIDA) | Spanish Version
Heroin Research Report (NIDA) | Spanish Version
One Pill Can Kill (DEA)
The Facts About Fentanyl (CDC)
Harm Reduction Strategies for Opioid Use
Naloxone Drug Facts (NIDA) |Spanish Version
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Heroin | Spanish Version
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Opioids | Spanish Version
Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Opioids | Spanish Version
One Pill Can Kill-Parents and Caregivers Resources (DEA)
Operation Prevention's Opioid Prevention Parent Toolkit
What Every Parent and Caregiver Needs to Know About Fake Pills (DEA)
Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit (SAMHSA) | Spanish Version
Opioids: What you Need To Know Lesson Plans (NIDA)
Online Rx Prevention Toolkit (CADCA)
Operation Prevention Parent Toolkit
About Prescription Drugs (CDC)
Prescription Drug Abuse (Mayo Clinic)
Safe Medication Return - Illinois
Prescription Drug Abuse (KidsHealth) | Spanish Version
Prescription Drugs Fact Sheet
Generation Rx Teen Resources
Prescription Drugs: They Can Help But Also Hurt
Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Prescription Stimulants | Spanish Version
Prescription for Disaster: How Teens Misuse Medication
Teens and Rx Meds: What You Should Know | Spanish Version
E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products Visual Dictionary
How are Non-Combusted Cigarettes, Sometimes Called Heat-Not-Burn Products, Different from E-Cigarettes and Cigarettes?
Reducing Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults
DrugFacts: Vaping Devices | Spanish Version
E-Cigarette Factsheet
Heated Tobacco Products (HTPS) Information Sheet
E-Cigarettes and Vapes (IDPH)
eCigarette Fact Sheet
E-Cigarette Fact Sheet (The Truth Initiative)
E-Cigarettes (ALA)
Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes Research Report (NIDA) | Spanish Version
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Tobacco | Spanish Version
Tips for Teens: The Truth About E-Cigarettes | Spanish Version
Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Nicotine, Tobacco and Vaping | Spanish Version
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | Spanish Version
Vaping: What Families Need To Know to Help Protect Children, Teens, and Young Adults
How to Tell If Your Child is Vaping
How to Discuss E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Addiction with Youth
E-Cigarettes and Youth: What Parents Need to Know | Spanish Version
Talk with Your Teen About E-Cigarettes: A Tip Sheet for Parents | Spanish Version
Results from the Annual National Youth Tobacco Survey
Guides to E-Cigarettes and Vapes Presentations
E-Cigarettes and Youth: What Educators and Coaches Need to Know | Spanish Version
Vaping – What Teachers and School Staff Need to Know
We have provided state and national websites with helpful information just for you.
Government
The Illinois Department of Human Services
The Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
Illinois Secretary of State Office
Illinois.gov
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Other
Illinois Association for Behavioral Health
Illinois Certification Board, Inc (IAODAPCCA)
The Illinois Higher Education Center (IHEC)
Illinois Helpline for Opioids & Other Substances
Center for Prevention Research and Development
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) | Spanish Version
National Library of Medicine
Partnership to End Addiction
Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network (PTTC)
Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network
Stop Underage Drinking: Communities Talk