This new consumer guide offers people with past or current problematic substance use a straightforward exploration of the roles, values, and work environments of professional peer specialists. This guide is a comprehensive resource that will help readers understand who professional peer specialists are, what they do in various work settings, and how to access and pay for their services. Through visual aids illustrating the integration of peer specialists into the treatment and recovery landscape and practical forms readers can fill out, this consumer guide will help facilitate a strong start toward collaboration with a peer specialist.

This fact sheet provides information on how parents and caregivers can tell if their kids are drinking alcohol or using other drugs. It also features tips parents and caregivers can use to find help.

This fact sheet provides parents and caregivers with information about why their kids might start drinking alcohol or using other drugs. It also features tips parents and caregivers can use to help their kids avoid substance use.

This fact sheet provides information on the importance of parents and caregivers helping their kids understand the risks and dangers of drinking alcohol and using other drugs, as well as how to deal with offers from their friends or peers. It also features tips for parents and caregivers to equip their kids to say “no” and avoid situations that involve alcohol or other drugs.

This fact sheet provides information on the importance of parents and caregivers having short, frequent conversations with their kids about alcohol and other drugs rather than one “big talk.” It also features tips for how parents and caregivers can approach these conversations.

This fact sheet provides information on the importance of parents and caregivers having age-appropriate conversations about alcohol and other drugs with their kids. It also features tips for how parents and caregivers can approach these conversations.

This fact sheet provides information and tips on what parents and caregivers can do to help prevent their kids from drinking alcohol or using other drugs.

This model standards guidance document, SAMHSA's National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification, is prepared in response to President Biden's 2022 Unity Agenda. This document outlines model standards for substance use disorder, mental health, and family/youth peer support certification.

This fact sheet is written specifically for preteens and teens. It compares the myths with the facts about alcohol use among youth and the effects of alcohol use. This fact sheet can help parents and prevention professionals start conversations about underage drinking and alcohol misuse.

Alcohol misuse is focused on binge and heavy drinking patterns within a community or at the population level. This guide will serve as a compendium of key policies for the prevention of alcohol misuse that have been identified as evidence-based by robust scientific literature.