We’ve compiled a list of helpful resources from experts in the field of drug use prevention, community advocacy, and addiction treatment.

Partnership to End Addiction
This group is the nation’s leading organization dedicated to addiction prevention, treatment and recovery. They are made up of a diverse community of researchers, advocates, clinicians, communicators and more.

Johnny’s Ambassadors
This nonprofit organization educates teens, parents, and communities about the dangers of today’s high-THC marijuana on adolescent brain development, mental illness, and suicide. Their site includes scientific research on marijuana, information on teen brain development, and links to receive help.

Hill Country Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (HCCADA)
This group serves Bandera, GIllespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Medina counties and strives to prevent substance abuse and promote understanding of addiction. They provide education, information, screening, treatment, and referral services.

FindTreatment.gov
FindTreatment.gov is the most comprehensive resource for persons seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories. This robust, free resource from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is 100% confidential and provides the ability to search for substance use and mental health facilities, health care centers, buprenorphine practitioners, and opioid treatment providers.

Drug Free America Foundation
This drug prevention and policy organization is committed to developing strategies and educational programs that prevent drug use and promote sustained recovery. The site includes links to research, latest news, and fact sheets on various drugs of abuse and mental health issues.

What is Drug Misuse
This research-based comprehensive guide to drug misuse and addiction provides valuable information on the most commonly misused drugs, the signs of misuse, the difference between misuse and addiction, and how to find help.

The Danger of Fake Prescription Medications Laced with Fentanyl
This important article explains a frightening new reality facing Americans: fake prescription medications laced with deadly fentanyl. “An increase in illicit pills containing fentanyl points to a new and increasingly dangerous period in the United States,” said NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D. “Pills are often taken or snorted by people who are more naïve to drug use, and who have lower tolerances. When a pill is contaminated with fentanyl, as is now often the case, poisoning can easily occur.”

Intelligent Higher Education
This resource covers the substances that are the greatest risks to young adults, the potential consequences of being caught in possession or under the influence, and how to live life in recovery. If you’re a college student struggling with alcohol or other drugs, you can get help even while you attend school. Click here to learn about how you find the confidential help you need.

Informed Families
Informed Families is a non-profit organization that provides resources to educate, enable, and empower students, parents and communities to work together to keep children healthy.

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Opioids
Created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), this fact sheet for teens provides facts about opioids. It describes short- and long-term effects and lists signs of opioid use. The fact sheet helps to dispel common myths about opioids.

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol
Created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), this fact sheet for teens provides facts about alcohol. It describes short- and long-term effects and helps dispel common myths. It also can be used by prevention professionals, educators, health care providers, and others who come in contact with teens on a regular basis.

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Tobacco
Created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), this fact sheet for teens provides facts about tobacco use. It describes short- and long-term effects and lists signs of tobacco use for youth. The fact sheet helps to dispel common myths about tobacco use. Access sources and references cited in this fact sheet.

Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
This toolkit offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Access reports for community members, prescribers, patients and families, and those recovering from opioid overdose.

Talking with Your Teen About Opioids - A Parent’s Brochure
A brochure for parents and caregivers about the risks associated with misusing prescription pain medications for teens and the importance of having conversations with their children to help them avoid taking medication that is not theirs.

Talking with Your Teen About Marijuana - A Parent’s Brochure
A brochure for parents and caregivers about the risks associated with marijuana for teens and the importance of having conversations with their children to help them avoid substance use.

Talking with Your Teen About Vaping - A Parent’s Brochure
A brochure for parents and caregivers about the risks associated with vaping for teens and the importance of having conversations with their children to help them avoid substance use.

One Pill Can Kill - Counterfeit Prescription Drugs Fact Sheet
DEA officials report a dramatic rise in the number of fake pills containing at least 2 mg of fentanyl, which is considered a deadly dose. This fact sheet from the US Drug Enforcement Agency provides helpful information about how to recognize a fake pill.

The Effect of Vaping on Your Teeth, Gums & Oral Health
Studies show that vaping is just as bad for oral health, affecting teeth and gums, and other structures in the mouth. This medically-reviewed article describes in detail the damage that vaping does to a person’s oral health.

Teen Drug Abuse and Addiction
This informative article provides straight-forward information on why teens use drugs, the risk factors of teen drug abuse, the effects of drugs on teens, teen alcohol use, and teen prescription drug abuse.

Vaping and Marijuana: What You Need to Know
Did you know that more than one-fifth of high school seniors have vaped marijuana in the past year? What’s more, one of the ingredients present in many marijuana vapes has been linked to a wave of illnesses and deaths impacting people of all ages across the U.S. This site provides important information that every parent and student need to know about vaping and marijuna.

Effects of Drug Use on Oral Health
Nicotine is a highly addictive chemical and is one of the leading causes of disease and death in the United States. This site explains the effects of drug use on oral health.