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General Marijuana Information

Fry Fast Facts trifold brochure
This trifold brochure answers the common questions about fry - marijuana or tobacco dipped cigarettes dipped with PCP and/or embalming fluid. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a list of street terms.

Marijuana Fast Facts trifold brochure
This trifold brochure answers the common questions about marijuana. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a list of street terms.

Marijuana Fast Facts Spanish Version trifold brochure
This trifold brochure answers the common questions about marijuana. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a list of street terms.

Marijuana Things You Should Know Reproducible Fact Sheet
This fact sheet gives quick concise information about marijuana including long and short term effects.

Marijuana Update--Intelligence Brief - National Drug Threat Assessment Reproducible Fact Sheets
This intelligence brief provides an update on the availability of, demand for, production, transportation, and distribution of marijuana.

Strategizer 44: Marijuana - Debunking the Myths
This Strategizer provides accurate, scientific information about the specific harmful effects of marijuana and equips coalitions with strategies to reduce and prevent youth marijuana use.

NIDA Research Report: Marijuana Abuse fold out
This publication discusses the consequences of use, the effects of use, and peripheral issues such as medical uses.

NIDA Research Report: Marijuana Abuse Spanish Version fold out
This publication discusses the consequences of use, the effects of use, and peripheral issues such as medical uses.

Marijuana Information for Parents

Just The Facts: Legalizing Marijuana tri fold
Don't be fooled by the name of this brochure. Just The Facts states all the reasons that marijuana should not be legalized. "Just the Facts" is a resource of information for parents to help equip them in dealing with issues that effect thier teens.

Marijuana: Facts Parents Should Know ENGLISH 28 pg booklet
Designed for parents, this booklet answers some of the most frequently asked questions about marijuana, provides the latest scientific information, and suggests ways to talk to teenagers about marijuana use. This is a companion booklet to the teen booklet called Marijuana: Facts for Teens.

Marijuana: Facts Parents Should Know Spanish Version 28 pg booklet
Designed for parents, this booklet answers some of the most frequently asked questions about marijuana, provides the latest scientific information, and suggests ways to talk to teenagers about marijuana use. This is a companion booklet to the teen booklet called Marijuana: Facts for Teens.

Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana: A Guide for Parents brochure
This brochure outlines the facts of using marijuana and offers tips on what parents can do to keep their children from using marijuana. It also includes parent responses to clear up false information about the drug.

Marijuana Information for Teens

Kids, Cars & Marijuana Tri fold brochure
Many young people are unconcerned about using marijuana and driving. This brochure explains the hazards of driving while under the influence of marijuana.

Marijuana: Facts for Teens booklet
Explains the current knowledge about marijuana and the latest scientific information on its effects. Provides teens with answers to frequently asked questions about marijuana, including what it is, who uses it, how it affects a person physically and mentally after short- and long-term use

Marijuana: Facts for Teens Spanish Version booklet
Explains the current knowledge about marijuana and the latest scientific information on its effects. Provides teens with answers to frequently asked questions about marijuana, including what it is, who uses it, how it affects a person physically and mentally after short- and long-term use

Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Marijuana fold out/poster
Designed for 5th - 9th grades, this fold out Explains how THC - the active ingredient in marijuana - affects memory, emotions, balance, and judgment. (Poster - THC Receptors in the Hippocampus)

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana   Tri fold brochure
This series of 11 brochures provides facts and dispels myths about substance use. Information is provided on long-term and short-term effects, physical and psychological risks, Q & A, and how to tell if someone is using.   Series includes AIDS, Alcohol, Club Drugs, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Heroin, Inhalants, Marijuana, Methamphetamines, Steroids, and Tobacco

Marijuana Information for Clinicians

Brief Counseling for Marijuana Dependence: A Manual for Treating Adults book
This manual, based on research protocol from the Marijuana Treatment Project, provides guidelines for counselors, social workers, and psychologists in both public and private settings. Ten weekly one-on-one sessions offer examples of how counselors can help clients understand certain topics, keep their determination to change, learn new skills, and access needed community supports.

Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 1: Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users: 5 Sessions  156 pg book
This manual is volume 1 of a five-part series. This volume is designed to help train substance abuse treatment counselors to conduct a brief five-session treatment intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorders presenting for outpatient treatment. It combines two sessions of motivational enhancement therapy provided individually and three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy provided in a group format.

Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 2: The Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Supplement (7 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users) 157 pg book
Volume 2 in this series presents a seven-session cognitive behavioral treatment approach designed especially for adolescent cannabis users. This volume offers instructions for sessions 6 through 12 of the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent marijuana users. Sessions one through five are available in Volume 1 of this series.

Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 3: Family Support Network for Adolescent Cannabis Users 148 pg book
This manual is volume 3 of a five-part series. This volume is designed to help train substance abuse treatment counselors to conduct a brief five-session treatment intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorders presenting for outpatient treatment. It combines two sessions of motivational enhancement therapy provided individually and three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy provided in a group format.

Cannabis Youth Treatment Series: Volume 4 The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach for Adolescent Cannabis Users 255 pg book
How valuable is sports participation to a teenager? In the Mix helps teens understand the positive role that athletics can play in their lives. With Stephon Marbury of the Minnesota Timberwolves, we profile a group of teens who invented their own sport and visit with a group of girls who formed a softball league that turned their lives around. The special also includes an interview with Olympic Gold Medallist Amy Van Dyken, explains why she started swimming, what keeps her going, and how she deals with the asthma. We meet a teacher who created an after-school running club to show her students that sports is not always about winning, but also about learning how to set and meet their goals.

Cannabis Youth Treatment Series: Volume 5 Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users 255 pg book
This manual is volume 5 of a five-part series. This volume is designed to help train substance abuse treatment counselors to conduct a brief five-session treatment intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorders presenting for outpatient treatment. It combines two sessions of motivational enhancement therapy provided individually and three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy provided in a group format.

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General Marijuana Information
	Fry Fast Facts trifold brochure This trifold brochure answers the common questions about fry - marijuana or tobacco dipped cigarettes dipped with PCP and/or embalming fluid. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a list of street terms.
	Marijuana Fast Facts trifold brochure This trifold brochure answers the common questions about marijuana. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a list of street terms.
	Marijuana Fast Facts Spanish Version trifold brochure This trifold brochure answers the common questions about marijuana. It includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a list of street terms.
	Marijuana Things You Should Know Reproducible Fact Sheet This fact sheet gives quick concise information about marijuana including long and short term effects.
	Marijuana Update--Intelligence Brief - National Drug Threat Assessment Reproducible Fact Sheets This intelligence brief provides an update on the availability of, demand for, production, transportation, and distribution of marijuana.
	Strategizer 44: Marijuana - Debunking the Myths This Strategizer provides accurate, scientific information about the specific harmful effects of marijuana and equips coalitions with strategies to reduce and prevent youth marijuana use.
	NIDA Research Report: Marijuana Abuse fold out This publication discusses the consequences of use, the effects of use, and peripheral issues such as medical uses.
	NIDA Research Report: Marijuana Abuse Spanish Version fold out This publication discusses the consequences of use, the effects of use, and peripheral issues such as medical uses.
Marijuana Information for Parents
	Just The Facts: Legalizing Marijuana tri fold Don't be fooled by the name of this brochure. Just The Facts states all the reasons that marijuana should not be legalized. "Just the Facts" is a resource of information for parents to help equip them in dealing with issues that effect thier teens.
	Marijuana: Facts Parents Should Know ENGLISH 28 pg booklet Designed for parents, this booklet answers some of the most frequently asked questions about marijuana, provides the latest scientific information, and suggests ways to talk to teenagers about marijuana use. This is a companion booklet to the teen booklet called Marijuana: Facts for Teens.
	Marijuana: Facts Parents Should Know Spanish Version 28 pg booklet Designed for parents, this booklet answers some of the most frequently asked questions about marijuana, provides the latest scientific information, and suggests ways to talk to teenagers about marijuana use. This is a companion booklet to the teen booklet called Marijuana: Facts for Teens.
	Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana: A Guide for Parents brochure This brochure outlines the facts of using marijuana and offers tips on what parents can do to keep their children from using marijuana. It also includes parent responses to clear up false information about the drug.
Marijuana Information for Teens
	Kids, Cars & Marijuana Tri fold brochure Many young people are unconcerned about using marijuana and driving. This brochure explains the hazards of driving while under the influence of marijuana.
	Marijuana: Facts for Teens booklet Explains the current knowledge about marijuana and the latest scientific information on its effects. Provides teens with answers to frequently asked questions about marijuana, including what it is, who uses it, how it affects a person physically and mentally after short- and long-term use
	Marijuana: Facts for Teens Spanish Version booklet Explains the current knowledge about marijuana and the latest scientific information on its effects. Provides teens with answers to frequently asked questions about marijuana, including what it is, who uses it, how it affects a person physically and mentally after short- and long-term use
	Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Marijuana fold out/poster Designed for 5th - 9th grades, this fold out Explains how THC - the active ingredient in marijuana - affects memory, emotions, balance, and judgment. (Poster - THC Receptors in the Hippocampus)
	Tips for Teens: The Truth About Marijuana Tri fold brochure This series of 11 brochures provides facts and dispels myths about substance use. Information is provided on long-term and short-term effects, physical and psychological risks, Q & A, and how to tell if someone is using. Series includes AIDS, Alcohol, Club Drugs, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Heroin, Inhalants, Marijuana, Methamphetamines, Steroids, and Tobacco
Marijuana Information for Clinicians
	Brief Counseling for Marijuana Dependence: A Manual for Treating Adults book This manual, based on research protocol from the Marijuana Treatment Project, provides guidelines for counselors, social workers, and psychologists in both public and private settings. Ten weekly one-on-one sessions offer examples of how counselors can help clients understand certain topics, keep their determination to change, learn new skills, and access needed community supports.
	Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 1: Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users: 5 Sessions 156 pg book This manual is volume 1 of a five-part series. This volume is designed to help train substance abuse treatment counselors to conduct a brief five-session treatment intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorders presenting for outpatient treatment. It combines two sessions of motivational enhancement therapy provided individually and three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy provided in a group format.
	Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 2: The Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Supplement (7 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users) 157 pg book Volume 2 in this series presents a seven-session cognitive behavioral treatment approach designed especially for adolescent cannabis users. This volume offers instructions for sessions 6 through 12 of the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent marijuana users. Sessions one through five are available in Volume 1 of this series.
	Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Vol. 3: Family Support Network for Adolescent Cannabis Users 148 pg book This manual is volume 3 of a five-part series. This volume is designed to help train substance abuse treatment counselors to conduct a brief five-session treatment intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorders presenting for outpatient treatment. It combines two sessions of motivational enhancement therapy provided individually and three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy provided in a group format.
	Cannabis Youth Treatment Series: Volume 4 The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach for Adolescent Cannabis Users 255 pg book How valuable is sports participation to a teenager? In the Mix helps teens understand the positive role that athletics can play in their lives. With Stephon Marbury of the Minnesota Timberwolves, we profile a group of teens who invented their own sport and visit with a group of girls who formed a softball league that turned their lives around. The special also includes an interview with Olympic Gold Medallist Amy Van Dyken, explains why she started swimming, what keeps her going, and how she deals with the asthma. We meet a teacher who created an after-school running club to show her students that sports is not always about winning, but also about learning how to set and meet their goals.
	Cannabis Youth Treatment Series: Volume 5 Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users 255 pg book This manual is volume 5 of a five-part series. This volume is designed to help train substance abuse treatment counselors to conduct a brief five-session treatment intervention for adolescents with cannabis use disorders presenting for outpatient treatment. It combines two sessions of motivational enhancement therapy provided individually and three sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy provided in a group format.

TAADAS Statewide Clearinghouse Free Literature Downloads

TAADAS Statewide Clearinghouse
Free Literature Downloads