Additional Prevention Information

Links to several prevention organizations and programs

Below are several links to ParentsEmpowered partners and advocates that provide additional information and support to the preventions of underage drinking and substance abuse.

Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health

The Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health is the state agency responsible for ensuring that prevention and treatment services for substance abuse and mental health are available statewide.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

The mission of MADD is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking.

Stop Underage Drinking

The Stop Underage Drinking site supports the Start Talking Before They Start Drinking campaign in their efforts to combat underage drinking and to educate parents, youth, and others on the issue of alcohol abuse.

Parents. The Anti-Drug

TheAntiDrug.com website was created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids.

Power in You

Power in You focuses on the emotional aspect of life challenges and at-risk behavior in order to help teens make positive choices and have healthy attitudes on the road to adulthood and beyond.

Stop Alcohol Abuse

StopAlcoholAbuse.gov is a comprehensive portal of federal resources for information on underage drinking and ideas for combating this issue.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA is a federal program aimed to help communities understand that young people are much less likely to have mental health and substance use problems when they have positive activities to do and when caring adults are involved in their lives.

Time to Act

If you suspect or know your child is using drugs or alcohol, it is important to take action right away. You have already taken an important step by visiting this website timetoact.drugfree.org to learn more. So don't give up.

Start Talking Now

Parents, you have a large impact on your children’s decisions about alcohol. Talk to them about what alcohol ads say to them, and what they don’t say.

Too Smart To Start

"Many Utah schools' 5th grade classes are participating in a national underage drinking prevention campaign" -- to see if your child's school is participating, check this site.

Stop Alcohol Abuse

Click here for the Quick Quiz! Use this link to test your knowledge of underage alcohol use and its impact on youth. See how many questions you get correct. Compare your performance with the results of other quiz takers.

Alcohol Screening

Is the way or amount I drink harming my health? Should I cut down on my drinking?

For alcohol treatment information

Utah Department of Human Services: Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health or call (801) 468-2009