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Drug Education
The following external links will take you to informative sites on drug education, addiction and treatment. The intent is to provide you access to relevant information that makes you more knowledgeable about these issues and available resources.
They provide information on safe sites for youth and children; illegal drugs and their affects; education programs; advice to parents, teachers and police; treatment for addictions; and in some cases, training materials from elementary school through to young adults.
The links are also listed by country of origin. Practical and objective information on each of the sites should be transferable and relevant in Canada, however, reference to legal issues, and government policy and strategy on foreign sites have no bearing in Canada.
International web sites are included as they provide valuable information that can add to your knowledge of this global issue.
Drug Education Links
Canada | USA | United Kingdom | Australia and New Zealand
CANADA |
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| DEAL (Drug Education and Awareness for Life) is an on-line resource by Canadian youth for youth and supported by the RCMP's National Youth Strategy. It includes an on-line magazine (WebZine), Knowzone (information on a broad number of subjects affecting youth including drugs, bullying and much more), and a Toolbox that provides helpful direction for those working with children and youth and includes presentation materials in a variety of formats. | |
| Drug Wise | Drug Wise is Health Canada's web site for youth and provides information, links and publications on substance abuse and addictions. |
| Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) | The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) is Canada's national addiction agency. The site provides information on substance abuse for professionals in the field |
| Four Pillars Drug Strategy | The City of Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy based on Harm Reduction, Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement. The site also provides 'youth friendly' versions of a drug use prevention strategy publication, Preventing Harm from Psychoactive Substance Abuse. |
| Insite | Information on North America's first legal Supervised Injection Site (SIS) by the Vancouver Coastal health Authority. The site provides information on the operation of the SIS along with research results and other publications. |
| D.A.R.E. Canada | D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a U.S. drug education program and is delivered by police officers in a significant number of elementary and high schools across Canada by local police services. |
| U.S.A. | |
| NIDA for Teens | NIDA (National Institute for Drug Abuse) for Teens web site provides information for parents, educators and law enforcement on drug use and addiction and includes several on-line interactive components and printable take home exercises. |
| ClubDrugs.gov | ClubDrugs.gov is a NIDA supported web site providing information on the use of Club Drugs by young adults at all night dance parties, bars and night clubs. |
| Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse | The US Department of Education's web site to assist college and community leaders implement and evaluate programs aimed at drug abuse and interpersonal violence. |
| Drug Education Council | The Drug Education Council web site provides information on ways to prevent drug abuse and become better informed about current local and national initiatives. |
| American Council for Drug Education | The American Council for Drug Education provides on-line information for health professionals, parents, youth, educators, college students, and employers. |
| D.A.R.E. U.S.A. | D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a U.S. drug education program and is delivered by police officers in a significant number of elementary and high schools across North America |
| ABLE | The Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) is a is an international non-profit, secular organization dedicated to creating a better future for our children and communities. The web site provides information on programs related to drugs, crime and literacy. |
| Drug Policy Alliance | The Drug Policy Alliance web site provides comment on an alternative to the war on drugs based on science, compassion, health and human rights, in a just society. |
| United Kingdom | |
| This UK Home Office web site provides relevant information for parents and professionals on current news and events, drug intervention programs, publications and more. | |
| FRANK | FRANK is a UK Department of Health drug awareness web site specifically designed for youth and parents that provides information on drug education. The site also has a considerable A - Z of drugs database and other interactive components including a confidential Talk to Frank page and information on the specially fitted out FRANK bus that tours UK communities as a mobile drug education initiative. |
| DrugScope | DrugScope.org is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs. The site includes the award winning D-World drugs information web site for 11 - 14 year olds, and also provides information for UK police working with school and college students. |
| Drug Education Forum | The UK's Drug Education Forum brings together professionals from health, education, police and voluntary sectors to promote and provide effective drug education for children and youth. |
| TeacherNet | TeacherNet is a UK based web site providing a wide variety of resources for teachers on Drugs and other children and youth issues. |
| FDAP | The Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals is a web site for practitioners in the substance abuse filed. |
| Australia and New Zealand | |
| REDI | REDI (Resilience Education and Drug Information) is an Australian Government initiative web site as a drug information resource for Australian school communities. |
