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1 These are the materials avalable through the PRC Clearinghouse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ENGLISH MATERIALS 10 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Child Tobacco Free A Parents Guide preventing teen cough medicine abuse A Parents Guide to Inhalant Abuse is your child at risk A Saftey Plan For Living Free From Domestic Violence About Addiction About Alcohol and other drugs About Crack Cocaine About Gateway Drugs About LSD About Multiple Substance Abuse About on the Job Substance Abuse About Preventing Teenage Alcohol Abuse Acquaintance Rape Drugs and You Act 13 do you know what it is Alcohol Abuse an Older People Alcohol and Drug Addiction happens in the best of families Alcohol and Other Drug Use protect your child from the risk Alcohol and Social Pressure turning down the drink Alcohol Can Harm the Way Your Baby Learns and Behaves Alcohol not for this body Alcohol Other Drugs & Sex breaking the link to HIV/STDs Alcohol Other Drugs and Driving Alcohol other Drugs and Risk taking what young people should know

2 Alcohol unigraphic Alcohol Use and Pregnancy Alcoholism Anger Management keeping your cool Angery is a Feeling To Arkansas Coaliton Against Domestic Violence Ask Listen Learn kids and alcohol dont mix Avoid Inhalants and breath easier Become a Quiter SOS Being Me and Alcohol Free Being Me and Drug Free Beyond Willpower five tools to help you quit smoking Binge Drinking Can Be Deadly Binge Drinking drown in alcohol Binge Drinking teens and alcohol Boone County Hometown Health 40 Assets Break the Silence Stop Violence parents Break the Silence Stop Violence students Cause of Death Heroin Chemical and Biological Terrorism being aware Being prepared Children and Depression learn the facts Children of Alcoholics Cigars more dangerous than you think Co Dependancy you can break free Cocaine fantacy and nightmare Cold Hard Facts about dip Crack Cocaine what everyone should know

3 Dangers of Meth Realstyle Date Rape Depression buried alive Depression Facts life getting you down Do You Want To Quit Tobacco let us help Drinking and Driving how to save a friends life and your own Drinking and Driving sobering facts Drugs and You Drugs of Abuse Drugs the Wrong Choice Ecstacy nothing to rave about Ecstasy the big lie Facts About Perscription Drug Abuse perscription drugs selected with potential for abuse Family Involvment the key to your childs success in school Fathers and Their Childrens Education Fetal Alcohol and Pregnancy the truth about alcohol Fetal Alcohol Effects Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders by numbers Frome Rave to rape Fruits and Vegetables the collor way for kids Gangs a community concern Get Invovled With Someones Future Girl Talk choices and consequences of under age drinking Greif Living with Loss (none real) Greif Living with Loss real Guidelines for Low Risk Alcohol Use bookmark Hallucinogens out of your mind

4 Handleing Family Conflict Have a Healthy Baby Don t Smoke Healthy Bodys Don t Need Drugs HealthyHeart Smoking how to quit Heroin a deadly drug Heroin and Other Opiates risky in any form How Single Parents Can Be Involved at School How to Butt In teens take action guidebook How to Stay Quit Over the Holidays How to Talk to an Older Person Who Has a Problem With Alcohol and Medications How to Tell if a Kid is on Drugs and What to Do About It If You Decide to Quit Smoking Im Not That Bad Yet how to help before you have to Inhalent Abuse is your child at risk It Feels So Bad it doesn t have to alateen Its In Your Hands bookmark Its Not Your Fault alateen Keep the Natural States Air Clean inside and out Keeping Alcohol Away From Our Youth Keeping Your Kids Drug Free how to guide Keeping Your Teens Drug Free a family guide Kids Arnt Just Small Adults Know What drugs are dumb Know What lying hurts everyone Know What smoking stinks Know Your Rights are you in recovery from alcohol or drug problems

5 Lets Learn About Spit Tobacco Lets Talk About Drugs Lets Talk About Inhalants Lets Talk About Marijuana Life or Meth whats it cost Living Smart american cancer society Living Smoke Free for you and your baby Make Yours a Fresh Start Family amagazine for mothers who smoke Making the Most of Middleschool Making Your Workplace Smoke Free guide Managing Anger don t let it control you Managing Anger keeping your cool Marijuana 8p,4c realstyle Marijuana facts for teens Marijuana Facts parents need to know Marijuana its more dangerous than you think Marijuana know the dangers Meth it may be closer than you think Meth whats cooking in north central arkansas Methamphetamine Mind Over Matter the brains response to hallucinogens Mind Over Matter the brains response to inhalants Mind Over Matter the brains response to methamphetamines Mind Over Matter the brains response to nicotine Mind Over Matter the brains response to opiates Mind Over Matter the brains response to steroids Mind Over Matter the brains response to stimulants

6 Mixing Drugs danger plus My Book about Alcohol My Book about Drugs Navigating the Teen Years a parents handbook for raising healthy teens On kicking nicotene On Living Drug Free On the Job Substance Abuse Once You Know the fact about drinking Online Safty protecting kids from the worst of the web Orders of Protection OTC Drugs unigraphic Over the Counter Drug Abuse Parents and Drugs helping your child keep freetime drug free Parents and Drugs is the media misleading your child Perscription Drug Abuse real Photo Talk About Tobacco look whos smoking too Please Care Enough such happy babies Pregnancy Planner your guide to a healthy pregnancy Prescription Drug Abuse a dose of trouble Prescription Drug Abuse get the facts Preventing Drug Use among children and adolecents 2nd Edition Preventing Fetal Alcohol Effects Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco Prom and Graduation make it memory not a tragedy Refusal Skills learn to say no without loosing your friends Refuse to be Roadkill for Anybody Resolving Family Conflict a parents handbook

7 Secondhand Smoke its no joke Set Your Self Free deciding how to quit a smokers guide Signs of Meth Use 14th Judicial Smokeless Tobacco your habit or your life Step Up a guide for teens Stress and Parenting lower your stress tips for parents Suicide a cry for help Suspect Your Teen is Using Drugs or Drinking Take 5 a guide for beginning effective communication with children Taking Control american cancer society Teen Alcohol media Teen Suicide the mistake you cant Teens and Alcohol driving it home Teens and Marijuana bad for your body and your mind Teens and Tobacco think for yourself The Danger of Crack Cocaine it can cost you everything The Explorers Grade 4-5 violence provention The Fact On Secondhand Smoke The Facts About Alcohol The Last Thing You Remember is Dancing The Real Facts About Spit SOS The Smoke Around You secondhand smoke in the workplace public places and home The Truth About Alcohol big choices big regrets The Truth About Cocaine dont blow your chances The Truth About Ecstacy anything but safe The Truth About Inhalants dangers of huffing The Truth About Marijuana a wasted life

8 The Truth About Steroids danger in training The Truth About Tobacco Through With Chew Done With Dip Tips for Teens Alcohol Tips for Teens Club Drugs Tips for Teens Cocaine Tips for Teens Hallucinogens Tips for Teens Heroin Tips for Teens HIV/AIDS Tips for Teens Inhalants Tips for Teens Marijuana Tips for Teens Steroids Tips for Teens Tobacco Tobacco and Athletics tobacco free the winning edge Tobacco and Hollywood behind the scenes Tobacco and the LGBT Community american cancer society Top 10 Reasons to quit Turn Down Alcohol Wake Up to the Risk of Marijuana We Wonder friends do not bully We Wonder lets solve conflict What Goes Into Your Body Goes Into Your Baby What Is Domestic Abuse What is Substance Abuse Treatment What to Say when you want to say no What You Should Know about self esteem Whats Up with Club Drugs

9 Whats Up with peer pressure When Its Not Your Kid how do you deal with drug use and drinking Who Knew The New School Who Knew the peer pressure Issue Why Do I Feel Like This Why Follow the Crowd about peer pressure You Can Quit Smoking consumers guide You Can Quit Smoking how quitting smoking affects your body You Family Disaster Plan Young People and Alcohol what the adds dont tell you Your Time Their Future positive activities promote a produtive work force ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPANISH MATERIALS Si Decides Dejuar de Fumar Informacion Importante Para Fumadores Las Ninos No Son Simplemente Adultos Pequenos El Fumar Y El Embarazo Depues De Un Intento De Suicidio La Marihuana es mas peligrose de lo que piensas Como Ayudar A Que Su Hijo(a) No Consuma Dragos En Su Trempo Libre El Extasis nada sobre lo que entusiasmarse Como El Alcohol Y Otras Drogas Afectan La Habilidad De Manejar La Marihuana lo que los padres deban saber Sobre El Beber Y Manajar Sobre La Codependencia Como Ayudar A Su Hijo(a) a Rechazar las Drogas

10 Guia Para Los Padres Conozca Los Peligros Del Exstasis Y De Otras Drogas De Discoteca Los Adolescentes Ye Alcohol un coctel que puede ser morta Los Peligros De La Metanfetamine Met Evite Esta Trampa Mortal El Manejo De La Ira evita acalorate Resolucion De Conflictos Familiares Crack Asesino Queremos Saber los amigos no intimidan Como Saber Si Un Javen Toma Drogas El Alcohol hechos que debe conocer Los Alucinogenos Quera De Esta Mundo

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