Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Parent
- Frequently explain to youth why you disapprove of underage alcohol, tobacco, and prescription misuse.
- Encourage your child to set educational goals; expect them to go to college or vocational training.
- Check your youth’s homework and provide help with their homework.
- Eat meals together as a family.
- Learn to resolve conflicts and teach your children to do the same.
- Limit the amount of time youth spend out with friends on school nights.
- Know that your children come home on time.
- Notice when youth are doing a good job and praise them for a job well done.
- Include youth in family decisions.
- Give youth lots of chances to do fun things with you.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Youth
- Learn about the consequences of substance use, and commit to chemical health.
- Set goals, especially for education.
- Ask for help to achieve your goals.
- If you must use medications, be safe.
- Ask others for help to stay healthy and safe.
- Tell your parents or other caring adults about what you are thinking, and ask them what they think. Start the conversation.
- Learn about local resources to help a friend who may be having problems with alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As an Educator
- At all grade levels, follow school policies to monitor medicines, and to prevent use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
- Educate yourself about addiction and early use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
- Assign meaningful and important homework.
- Tell youth when you notice they are doing a good job.
- Give lots of chances to decide about classroom activities and rules.
- Be available often for one-on-one conversations.
- Encourage involvement in sports, clubs and other school activities outside of class.
- Involve youth in class discussions and activities.
- Create prevention messages with youth involvement.
- Notify parents when their child is doing something well.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Health Provider
- Screen all patients for consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.
- Refer those with signs of substance abuse to addiction treatment specialists.
- Prescribe medications only in the quantity necessary.
- Develop strategies to address medicine management.
- Give prevention and healthy development information to patients and their families.
- Offer to speak at local schools and community programs to address substance abuse issues and healthy youth development.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Community Group
- Focus on strengths of youth and families.
- As caring adults, build strong bonds with youth.
- Collaborate with others to build community strengths.
- Encourage quality child care and educational achievement.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Business
- Make it a priority to prevent alcohol and drug access, acceptance and activity in your workplace.
- Communicate drug-free workplace expectations.
- Don’t allow employees to protect substance abusers from experiencing consequences of their behavior.
- Require and encourage managers to report substance abuse issues.
- Practice clear, responsible alcohol standards at picnics, retirement parties, holiday parties.
- Provide employee assistance information and referrals.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As Law Enforcement
- Communicate how the public can support law enforcement.
- Enforce the laws and ordinances related to alcohol and other drugs.
- Arrest those who provide underage access to alcohol, tobacco & other drugs.
- Build relationships with people in your community - especially with youth.
- Encourage peaceful conflict resolution.
- Volunteer to talk about safety and prevention at the schools and other groups.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
- Talk about chemical health and set guidelines in sermons and in your teaching.
- Provide “take-home” information about signs and symptoms of alcohol and other drug abuse.
- Celebrate recovery from addiction.
- Be a safe haven for people to talk about the impact of substance abuse.
- Invite recovery groups to meet in your building.
- Communicate prevention messages, meetings and training opportunities in newsletters and bulletins.
- Provide healthy youth development materials for congregation and community members.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Media/Marketing Agency
- Promote media literacy: Encourage people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read.
- Report healthy youth activities in your community, and the activities of your local coalition.
- Report local actions that will impact youth, and interview young people about their reaction.
- Provide a strong editorial voice on behalf of chemical health for all ages.
- Offer your time, talent, and energy to help local events supporting prevention activities.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
As a Senior Citizen
- Build a relationship with a young person and share your life stories.
- Speak well of youth to other adults.
- Become a foster grandparent for a family whose grandparents live far away
- Set limits when you care for children.
- Talk about the importance of healthy choices in your own life.
Reduce underage access to alcohol and other drugs.
- Refuse to supply alcohol to underage youth in your home or on your property.
- Monitor or secure all access to alcohol and prescription medications.
- Report illegal commercial alcohol sales to your local police department.
- Report underage drinking parties to your local police, or call 911.
- When you suspect or know someone having a problem, encourage the person to seek help.
Model safe and healthy standards and encourage others to do the same
- Be the neighbor with whom teens would talk about something important.
- Mentor a young person to model a healthy lifestyle.
- Increase opportunities for youth to participate in team sports, scouting, boys and girls clubs, and 4-H or service clubs.
- Schedule a speaker for your group.
- Become educated about chemical health
- Notice when a youth does a good job and let them know.
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