Helpful Websites

• CB Cares Educational Foundation - In partnership with Doylestown Health, the Central Bucks School District, local businesses and the community, CB Cares is dedicated to enriching the experience and education of students through innovative learning grants and developmental assets-based programs that promote responsible and resilient youth.
  
  
• Help and Hope By Text - Drug Free Text Resource - Get opioid resources and personal support sent straight to your phone via text.
  
  
• Know Your OTCs - Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines can help you treat a variety of ailments. Be confident in the decisions you make to use, store, and dispose of your medicines safely.
  
  
• Partnership to End Addiction - Partnering with families, professionals and other organizations to end addiction in this country.
  
  
• PA Start Campaign - Focused on building healthy, capable children. This site provides free, thought-provoking materials that pose questions about an important lesson or milestone and offer suggestions of positive actions. 
  
  
• PA Stop Campaign - Designed to educate Pennsylvanians about the risks of prescription painkiller and heroin use, the relationship between painkiller and heroin use, and what to do when you need help. 
  
  
• Pennsylvania Recovery Organization - Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) - Working to reduce the stigma of addiction, ensure the availability of adequate treatment and recovery support services, and to influence public opinion and policy regarding the value of recovery.
  
  
• Public Citizens for Children & Youth - Working to improve the lives of our region’s children by developing initiatives and advocating for quality health care, child care, public education and family stability.
  
  
• #StandUpNeshaminy - Neshaminy School District unites with the community to offer information, education, resources and help for those dealing with the current epidemic of substance abuse.
  
  
• Talk. They Hear You. - SAMHSA's underage drinking prevention campaign helps parents and caregivers start talking to their children early about the dangers of alcohol.
  
  
• The 20 Minute Guide - A practical, compassionate and effective roadmap for those who are concerned about their loved one’s substance use, or want to learn ways to prevent it.
  
  
• The Vape Talk (American Lung Association) - Over 5,700 kids start vaping every day. Misconceptions, peer pressure and marketing tactics all contribute to the staggering rise. Talk to your kids about e-cigarettes while they're still willing to listen.
  
  
• The Vape Talk (PennWatch) - The chicks from @Chick2Chick “chirp” with Jennifer Folkenroth from the American Lung Association about the dangers of these devices and how the ALA is encouraging parents to have the “Vape Talk” with their kids.
  
  
• Up & Away Campaign - Approximately 60,000 young children are brought to the emergency room each year because they got into medicines that were left within reach. Are all of the medicines in your home stored safely?

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helpful pdfs

• Act 53 - If your child refuses treatment, there is another option.
  
  
• BCDAC, Inc. Vaping at a Glance - Vaping and e-cigarette summary sheet.
  
  
• BCDAC, Inc. Vaping Prevention Toolkit - Information about and resources for vaping and e-cigarettes.
  
  
• Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 Resource Directory
  
  
• College Drinking Fact Sheet - Parents can use this information to help prepare their college-aged sons and daughters by talking with them about the consequences of excessive drinking.
  
  
• Know the Risk: E-Cigarettes and Young People - Talk with your teen about e-cigarettes.
  
  
• Know When, Know How - Talk with your kids about alcohol.
  
  
• Language of Recovery - The most respectful way of referring to people is as people.
  
  
• Marijuana Talk Kit - What you need to know to talk with your teen about marijuana.
  
  
• Minding Your Meds - Guide to medication safety.
  
  
• Operation Prevention Parent Toolkit - Help support your child and stop the deadly cycle of heroin use and opioid pill misuse.
  
  
• PA Get Help Now - Find drug and alcohol treatment services.
  
  
• Resources for Residents - Where to turn for help.
  
  
• Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use - Know what to look for.
  
  
• Toolkit for Faith and Community Leaders - For faith and community leaders in the face of the opioid epidemic.
  
  

• What You Need to Know and How to Talk with Your Kids About Vaping

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