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URL	Description
The Cool Spot http://www.thecoolspot.org	Get the facts on underage drinking.
EPeer Voices http://www.epeervoices.com	Receive helpful information by email that will enable you and all of your friends to become a positive, Anti-Drug force in your school and community. EPeer Leaders will learn about many exciting opportunities, contests, competitions, projects, activities and events that will help to keep youth drug-free.
Facts on Tap http://www.factsontap.org	Facts on Tap is a comprehensive alcohol and other drug education, prevention, and intervention program for college students.
Free Vibe http://www.freevibe.com	Ask questions, get the skinny on drugs, play games and meet other people like you.
Girl Power http://www.girlpower.gov	Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls.
Idealist Kids and Teens http://www.idealist.org/kt	If you're young, curious, optimistic, seeking help, or looking to help others, this part of Idealist is for you. Find resources and information on how to start a project to help your local and/or global community, information about youth volunteering, nonprofit Web sites for young people dealing with issues like human rights, the environment and the arts and other organizations that can help you with personal questions and problems.
I-Count Advisors http://www.icountadvisors.com/ login_ie.htm	Join a group of young people dedicated to helping their peers stay healthy and drug-free. This diverse group of 9-18 year olds voice their opinions on programs developed by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. By providing feedback and ideas and assisting with the creation of Web sites, questionnaires, logos, events and other various programs, these Advisors provide instant, real-life feedback from the exact group the Campaign is trying to reach - teens and tweens!
Impact Teen http://www.impacteen.org/	ImpacTeen is part of Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the University of Illinois at Chicago. The site contains research and news releases pertaining to substance abuse.
Majority Rules Sample Fact Sheet	A newspaper supplement that lets kids tell kids about the benefits of being drug-free. "Majority Rules" incorporates promotional materials for newspapers, classroom exercises for teachers and activities for kids to share with parents and caregivers. The supplement is a template that can be used as provided, or customized by newspapers and local coalitions to mirror their own communities and feature their own young people. Join the more than 200 communities that have tapped these easily adapted materials. To find out how you can help make it happen in your community,send an e-mail query to antidrug@aed.org
National Guard Challenge Program http://www.ngycp.org/	The Challenge program, a preventive rather than remedial youth-at-risk program, targets participants who are unemployed, drug-free and law-free high-school dropouts, 16 to 18 years of age. Core components of the program are citizenship, academic excellence (GED/high school diploma attainment), life-coping skills, community service, health and hygiene, skills training, leadership/followership, and physical training. The five-month residential phase, which includes the pre-residential phase, is followed by a year-long mentoring relationship with a specially trained member from each youth's community.
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Free Anti-Drug Resources	This pdf file will give you information on how to order free anti-drug resources like posters, brochures and guides.
Planet Know http://www.planet-know.net/first.htm	A teen anti-drug site with music and celebrity quizzes.
Sara's Quest http://www.sarasquest.org	Learn about the brains responses to drugs
Summit High www.Freevibe.com.	The latest episode of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign's new interactive animated series, "Summit High," is now online. This Internet-based cartoon follows the lives of five freshman high school students who are dealing with many of the issues facing 'tweens and teens today, including peer pressure and drug use. The Media Campaign is reaching out to young people where they are spending an increasing amount of their time: online.
Straight Scoop http://www.straightscoop.org/ students.html	The goal of this website is to provide student journalists with information about the realities of drugs and drug abuse.
Students Against Destructive Decisions http://www.saddonline.com	SADD is a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing underage drinking and drug use by focusing attention on the potentially life threatening consequences of destructive decisions involving issues such as not wearing a safety belt, smoking, steroid use, violence, sexually transmitted diseases and suicide.
The Truth.com http://www.thetruth.com	Their objective is to make sure every person gets to know the facts about tobacco.

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