Helpful Websites
Helpful websites with information that can support the involvement of students, families, educators and communities in health education and substance use prevention efforts.
Students
Behind the Haze - Rescue Agency
An interactive site that informs teens about the risks of nicotine vaping.
Keep in Mind Podcast - OC Youth Council
A podcast developed by students to explore important health topics relevant to teens.
Mind Over Marijuana - CA Department of Public Health
A campaign to inform youth about the impact of underage cannabis use and ways to take action.
Take Space to Pause - California Department of Public Health
A campaign about overactive stress response and how to manage it in healthy ways.
Life > Drugs - OC Health Care Agency
A campaign to raise awareness of prescription opioid misuse and promote positive alternatives.
Families
Family Day - Partnership to End Addiction
A campaign to celebrate parental engagement as an effective tool to help keep America's kids substance free.
Let's Talk Cannabis - California Department of Public Health
A campaign to help parents and guardians have open and honest conversations with teens to help prevent cannabis use. [ESPAÑOL]
Talk. They Hear You. - SAMHSA
A campaign to empower parents and caregivers, educators, and community members to prevent underage drinking and other substance use. [ESPAÑOL]
Talk to Your Child About Vaping - American Lung Association
A campaign to provide parents and guardians with the information they need to begin conversations with youth about vaping.
Educators
Action Planning Workbook - OC Dept. of Education
This workbook can assist with guiding students throughout the five planning steps of an activity, from identifying an issue to evaluating their efforts.
Hart’s Ladder of Participation - OC Dept. of Education
The Ladder of Participation developed by Roger Hart (1992) for the United Nations Children’s Fund is designed for adults working with youth to think carefully about the nature and purpose of youth participation.
CalSCHLS Public Dashboard - WESTED
Local student data related to substance use and mental health from the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS)
Just Think Twice - DEA
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website with a variety of drug facts, news stories, testimonials, and more.
Natural High
Award-Winning Red Ribbon Week content and a free Common Core-aligned curriculum to engage students in critical dialogues about the importance of making positive life choices and avoiding drug and alcohol use.
Smoke Free Media - UC San Francisco
A campaign to reduce the U.S. film industry's domestic and global marketing of tobacco.
CA Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) - OC Dept. of Education
Evidence-informed prevention curricula, intervention and cessation programs, and other resources to address and prevent tobacco use.
Communities
211 Orange County
This number and website is for helping people find the help they need by eliminating the barriers to finding and accessing social services in Orange County.
1-866-NEW-LUNG - Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Funded through the OC Health Care Agency, this program provides free cessation counseling to help teens and adults quit smoking and vaping.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - Vibrant Emotional Health
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress and offers prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones. Call today and get connected, or visit the website for more information.