Publications

Prevention Workforce Survey - This survey, completed in 2006, provides a snapshot of Florida's prevention workforce including demographics, salary levels, competencies and training needs - View the PDF (1.25 MB).

Other Publications

The Coalition Impact: Environmental Prevention Strategies

The Coalition Impact provides an overview of the environmental strategies approach to community problem solving, illustrates ways that local anti-drug coalitions can determine what aspects of environmental prevention will best serve their communities and outlines steps for implementation and evaluation of interventions.

Download PDF: The Coalition Impact

Trends in Malt Beverages Power Point
In recent years breweries have introduced a line of contemporary malt beverage products, in an attempt to maintain a market share with young drinkers.  This power point contains photographs of some of these "Energy" drinks provided by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.
Power Point: TrendsInMaltBeverages.ppt

Focus on Prevention

SAMHSA has developed this practical guide to successful prevention strategies. Easy-to-read content includes two-page summaries of eleven substance abuse prevention topics and a model timeline for carrying out a prevention activity.

Download PDF: Focus on Prevention

The Best Beginning: Partnerships Between Primary Health Care and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Young Children and Their Families 
Pediatricians are in a unique position to identify early childhood mental health concerns and family mental health and substance abuse risk factors. This SAMHSA-funded web-based resource features eight innovative medical home practices that integrate behavioral health screening for the whole family, facilitate referrals to community services, and offer follow-up care. This resource describes how the practices use very different approaches to do it, fund it, and the lessons they learned. A must read for practitioners who want to replicate an integrated primary care and behavioral health model. 
Download the PDF: The Best Beginning (688 KB)

Florida Prevention System: A Vision for the Prevention Component of the Florida Drug Control Strategy
Prevention is the linchpin of Florida's Drug Control Strategy.  In 2001, state prevention stakeholders developed the Florida Prevention System document to help guide state and local coordination of Florida's diverse substance abuse prevention resources.  This 2004 Update version of the document includes clear guidance for local communities on issues like policy, organization, resource development, collaboration and accountability.
Download the PDF: FPS_FINAL_PRINT.pdf (4.5 MB)

NIDA Slide Teaching Packets
NIDA Slide Teaching Packets on: The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana; The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction; Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Science Says; The Neurobiology of Ecstasy; Bringing the Power of Science to Bear on Drug Abuse and Addiction; and NIDA Goes to School.
website: http://www.drugabuse.gov/Teaching.html

Understanding the SAMHSA Grant Process
Anyone intending to apply for a SAMHSA grant should clearly understand these application procedures. To apply for a SAMHSA grant, you will need information from two different types of documents - the Standard Grant Announcements and specific Notices of Funding Availability, or NOFAs. Do not apply for a grant without both of these documents.
website: http://grantstraining.samhsa.gov/

New Tool Available That Links Drug Use and Violence
Research substantiates the link between violence and alcohol/drug use among adolescents. This link exists not only for the perpetrators of violence, but also for those who are victims of violence.
website: http://www.preventionworkforce.org/upload_documents/TheInextricalbeLink.pdf

Stop Underage Drinking

A number of materials are available that will help you make underage drinking prevention a part of your community’s Red Ribbon Week observance.  These materials will also support your underage alcohol use prevention efforts throughout the year.
website: http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/

Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS)
Teenage illegal drug use in Florida declined again this year, Gov. Jeb Bush said as he announced the results of an annual survey of middle and high school students. The Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS) assessed lifetime drug usage and current usage among sixth through 12th graders across the state. "We have worked to strengthen substance abuse prevention, and we have seen significant progress," Bush said. "Progress is being made, but the work is not done."
Survey results: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/publications/fysas/

University of Michigan's 2006 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Study
Teen drug use has declined by 23 percent since 2001 for 8th, 10th and 12th graders combined, with reductions in the use of nearly every drug prevalence category, according to the University of Michigan's 2006 Monitoring the Future (MTF) study released Thursday, December 21, 2006.
Survey results: http://monitoringthefuture.org

2008 Marijuana Sourcebook-
Download the PDF: Marijuana: The Greatest Cause of Illegal Drug Abuse

New Study on American Indians and Alaska Natives
Website: http://oas.samhsa.gov

Pride Survey Shows Illicit Drugs Prevalent Among Teen Drivers
Website: www.pridesurveys.com/newsletters/archive/011007.htm

Cigarette Use among Pregnant Women and Recent Mothers
Website: http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/pregCigs/pregCigs.pdf

Teenagers Who Drink Alcohol May Damage Their Brains
Website: http://captus.samhsa.gov/central/documents/Eye.Prevent.Teen-Alcohol-Brains_2.pdf

New Report Shows Teens Moving From Street Drugs to Prescription Drugs
Website: www.mediacampaign.org/teens/

TheNSDUH Report: Use of Marijuana and Blunts among Adolescents, 2005
Website: http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/mjBlunts/mjBlunts.cfm

CASA Report Finds Half of College Students Binge Drink, Abuse Prescription and Illegal Drugs 
Website: http://www.casacolumbia.org/absolutenm/templates/PressReleases.aspx?articleid=477&zoneid=65

Prescription Drug Abuse Chart
Download PDF: PrescriptionDrugs.pdf (281KB)

Prevention and Reducing Underage Drinking
Download the PDF:
A Guide to Action for Communities (974KB)
A Guide to Action for Educators (1.08MB)
A Guide to Action for Families (900KB)