Substance Misuse Prevention

Clear information, supportive conversations, and safer storage can help young people make healthy decisions and make it easier to ask for help.

Explore prevention topics

Choose a topic for information that can help youth, parents, and caregivers understand risks and take practical prevention steps.

Learn how nicotine affects the developing brain, how dependence develops, and where young people can find help quitting.

Understand potency, brain development, mental-health risks, safe storage, and Connecticut laws.

Learn about counterfeit pills, fentanyl, overdose response, Narcan, and safer medication storage.

Learn why Connecticut's minimum age is 21 and find guidance about preventing youth alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and gambling involvement.

Prevention is an ongoing relationship—not a single conversation.

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Information, quitting tools, and support created for teens and young adults.

Research-based guidance for talking with children, preventing substance use, recognizing concerns, and taking action early.

Brief videos about cannabis, vaping, mental health, and other issues affecting youth.