Parents:

Have a Conversation about Alcohol.  There is never a better time to talk then now.  Starting a conversation or knowing what to say can be difficult, check out the following websites for tips and information.

• A Guide to Action for Families: To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking a call to Action from the Surgeon General.
• A Parent's Guide to the Teenage Brian explains typical teen behavior and the science behind it, and gives tips about what you can do.
• Parents: Help Your Teens Party Right at Graduation a fact sheet by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
• Parent Tips from the Drug-Free Action Alliance and Parents Who Host Lose the Most.

Teen/Parent Resources:

• Anti-Drug: What's your anti-drug?
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• • Healthy Youth, Alcohol and Drug Use
• Parents. The Anti-Drug
• Stop Underage Drinking A portal of Federal resources
• Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment
• Talking to Kids About tough Issues
• Time to Talk from the Partnership for a Drug-free America
• United Way 2-1-1  information about and referrals to human services
• We Don't Serve Teens

Coalition Resources:

• Local Data: Underage and Under the Influence
• Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (MCRUD)
• Stop Underage Drinking A portal of Federal resources
• Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition development
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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