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This fact sheet for teens provides facts about cocaine. It describes short- and long-term effects, lists signs of use, and helps dispel common myths about cocaine.

This manual describes the Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program, why the program was developed, how it was created, and how it was maintained for 16 years (from 1989 to 2005). The program emphasized community, school, outreach, and surveillance, as well as innovative behavioral health programs, ongoing program evaluation, and sustainability.

This toolkit, designed to augment overdose prevention and reversal training, provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications, including naloxone and nalmefene, and how to respond to an overdose. It also contains appendices for specific audiences, including people who use drugs (PWUD), people who take prescription opioids, first responders, healthcare practitioners, and others. It is intended to provide guidance to a wide range of individuals on preventing and responding to an overdose and emphasizes that harm reduction and access to treatment are essential aspects of overdose prevention.

This website is designed to help people identify available resources, explore information about various treatment options, and learn how to reach out to get the support they need for issues related to mental health, drugs, or alcohol.

This webpage provides information related to federally available grant funding, technical assistance, and resources to help schools and school districts deploy school resource officers.

This guide provides a set of guiding principles and considerations related to school resource officer (SRO) programs implementation and school-based policing. The principles in this document are offered as a guide to those jurisdictions that have opted to implement an SRO program to ensure that the presence of law enforcement in schools is as beneficial as possible and to avoid harmful impacts on students and the learning environment.

This report shares information on what is known about racial and ethnic equity issues in schools and how to effectively incorporate racial and ethnic equity approaches into a comprehensive school safety strategy. It also offers several recommendations for how to create school environments that are inclusive and equitable.

This suite of resources can help state and local education agencies develop and sustain school mental health programs that improve the mental and behavioral well-being of all students. These resources include data on the prevalence of common behavioral health issues along with information and customizable tools to promote student mental health.

This webpage provides information, strategies, and resources to help K-12 school administrators and staff know what to do before, during, and after emergencies.

This mobile app provides access to the Environmental Protection Agency's comprehensive school indoor air quality (IAQ) management guidance and detailed walkthrough assessment checklists that address critical building-related environmental health issues. Schools that want to develop, sustain or reinvigorate their IAQ management programs can use this tool to identify and prioritize IAQ improvements.