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Learning is the first step to playing your role in preventing substance misuse.

Here, we’ve collected a variety of resources to help you understand prevention, addiction, various substances, and more. Each of these resources contains key information about its topic, references to high-quality research and reports, resources to support further learning, or more. You’re welcome to not only read them but to share them widely with friends, family, and members of your community.

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About Problem Gambling

Gambling is the act of taking part in an activity, usually a game, where you risk something of monetary value...

Tobacco 21 & Your Coalition

Just how can coalitions take full advantage of the momentum created by Tobacco 21’s implementation in Ohio? They can advocate...

Prevention Makes Cents

The misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs costs the U.S. $740 billion annually due to crime, lost work productivity,...

Advocacy Versus Lobbying Fact Sheet

Advocacy is the act of supporting a cause or proposal, but lobbying is a specific form of advocacy that can...

Coalitions in Prevention Fact Sheet

Coalitions raise awareness of an issue, bring people together around a common goal or project, create solutions that serve the...

Prevention Works Infographic

Since 2006, the number of young people who drank alcohol has steadily declined from 31.0% to 19.9% in 2017, according...

5 Ways Drug Use Impacts Health

Drug use impacts the brain and body in myriad ways. This infographic shows five of those ways, emphasizing harm done...

A Case for Prevention in Higher Education

College students face increasing emotional and mental health issues, and colleges and universities are being called upon to promote mental...

Addiction—What Is It and How Can I Stop It?

Addiction is chronic, complex brain disease that impacts 21 million, or about 1 in 7, Americans. It changes how people...

The Strategic Prevention Framework Infographic

The Strategic Prevention Framework is a process to understand and address substance misuse and related problems in our communities. It...

The Strategic Prevention Framework Fact Sheet

The Strategic Prevention Framework is a process to understand and address substance misuse and related problems in our communities. It...

Prevention 101

Prevention is the act of going “upstream” to learn why a problem is occurring in the first place. It addresses...