Drug Educators Alliance

Truthful drug education

Real Conversations.
Brighter Futures.

Drug Educators Alliance provides truthful, factual, age-appropriate drug education, practical resources and community support to help young people understand drugs and make informed decisions.

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Thousands of educators trained
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Millions of young people reached
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50 States programs and partnerships
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501(c)(3) Florida nonprofit organization
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Education is more than handing someone a brochure.

Drug Educators Alliance presentations give people factual information they can understand, discuss and use when making decisions about drugs.

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? Real questions
✓ Real answers
+ Practical tools
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Become a Certified Drug Educator.

Live online and private in-person training for people who work with young people.

Drug Educators Alliance offers live, instructor-led eight-hour training for educators, law enforcement, prevention professionals, youth leaders, parents and others who work with young people. Build practical communication skills, learn how to handle real situations and leave with ready-to-use curriculum and resources.

Live Online Training Choose a scheduled live training date and participate with an instructor through Zoom. Q4 Special: $199 per participant
Private In-Person Training Bring Drug Educators Alliance to your school, agency, organization or community for a private training.
8-Hour Live Training 2-Year Certification Gold Seal Path
Drug Educators Alliance Gold Seal certification badge

Gold Seal recognition is available after certification for educators who document approved drug education delivered to 100+ young people across at least four separate sessions.

Programs, Training & Initiatives

Practical education for schools, communities and professionals.

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Drug Educator Training

Live online and private in-person eight-hour training with practical communication skills, ready-to-use youth curriculum and a two-year Drug Educator Certification.

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Youth drug education presentation Operating now

Free Youth Drug Education

Free youth drug education presentations are available when staffing and funding permit.

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First-Time Offender online drug education course Course developed

First-Time Offender Program

An online educational course has been developed for first-time offender and diversion settings. Broad court adoption and national implementation have not yet occurred.

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National Youth Drug Prevention Campaign

A national campaign is being developed to give young people truthful, direct and age-appropriate information about drugs.

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Research & publications

The Real Cost

The Real Cost publication division is in development as a Drug Educators Alliance initiative focused on source-based drug information for educators, parents, communities, policymakers and the public.

Publications are being developed around specific research questions, original sources and clearly identified findings.

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Drug Information

Real questions about drugs. Clear, factual answers.

Explore straightforward drug information organized around the questions parents, educators, young people and community leaders are actually asking.

Help expand drug education

Help more people get the information before they need it the hard way.

Support educational presentations, resources, research, publications, youth initiatives and community drug education.

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Offender Program

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Trainers program

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Drug Education