Resources to support young people

Free mental health and substance use resources you can use for yourself, a friend, or any young person

• Teenlink
  Helpline for teens by teens to talk about challenges in mental health, substance use, and other parts of life. Call 866-833-6546 or use site to text.
• WA Recovery Help Line
  Anonymous and confidential line for mental health and substance use intervention and referrals 24 hours a day. Call 866-789-1511 (24/7). Text 1-866-789-1511 (Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm)
• 2Morrow Health
  Smartphone app that helps participants learn new ways to deal with unhelpful thoughts, urges, and cravings caused by nicotine.

Educational resources for youth about vaping and cannabis

• You Can
  Information from the WA State Dept. of Health including social media assets about cannabis, health effects, and ways to cope with stress.
• Choose You
  Information from the WA State Dept. of Health including social media assets about vaping, health effects, and avoiding use.

Resources for adults who support youth

Adults can support the youth in their lives by listening g to them without judgement, setting clear limits, sharing information about substances in a way that makes sense to youth. Adults should also safely store cannabis, vaping, and tobacco products at home.

Tools for adults to learn about youth vaping and cannabis

King County parents and other caring adults helped to create these messages to share information with each about youth cannabis use. You can download to use and share.

• This video playlist, produced by Community Ambassadors with the support of SG Education at Neighborhood House, aims to educate the Latino Community on the risks of cannabis use among minors and discourage its use. It features substance use counseling, medicine, and law enforcement experts who answer questions about cannabis in Spanish with English subtitles.
• The King County Marijuana Prevention Toolkit (5.9 MB) provides additional information about cannabis and youth.

Social media cards in English and Spanish (PDF)

Social media cards have simple facts about cannabis and tips for talking to youth. Caregivers in King County chose these facts.

• The more we know, the better conversations we can have (990 KB)
• It can be difficult to talk to young people about marijuana (1 MB)
• Build trust with your kids to have better conversations (1.1 MB)
• Is it hard to talk to your kids about marijuana? (1 MB)
• Help young people stay away from marijuana (1.1 MB)
• What are the ways marijuana can be used? (975 KB)
• Know about marijuana edibles (990 KB)
• Marijuana is unhealthy for kids and teens (1 MB)
• When your teenager doesn’t want to talk about marijuana (1.2 MB)
• A tip from another parent (1.1 MB)
• How are marijuana and depression connected to teenagers? (1.2 MB)
• What is Fentanyl? (943 KB)
  

• Saber más para dialogar major (996 KB)
• Es difícil hablar con nuestros jóvenes sobre el uso de la marihuana (1.1 MB)
• Cree la confianza con sus hijos para tener mejores conversaciones (1.1 MB)
• ¿Le cuesta hablar de la marihuana con su adolescente? (1.1 MB)
• Ayude a los jóvenes a mantenerse alejados de la marihuana (1.2 MB)
• Conoce los diferentes tipos de marihuana (1.1 MB y en el formato de imagen PNG, 12 MB)
• Saber más sobre los comestibles de marihuana (1.1 MB)
• La marihuana no es saludable para niños y adolescents (1.1 MB)
• Cuando su adolescente no quiere hablar sobre la marihuana (1.2 MB)
• Consejos de otros padres (en el formato de imagen PNG, 11 MB)
• ¿Cómo están conectadas la marihuana y la depresión en los adolescentes? (1.2 MB)
• ¿Qué es el fentanilo? (1 MB)

Programs for classrooms and youth groups

These free curriculums and programs are for adults who work with youth to support them in not using cannabis and vaping.

• Stanford Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Toolkit: Theory-based and evidence-informed resources created by educators, parents, and researchers aimed at preventing middle and high school students’ use of cannabis/marijuana.
• You and Me Together Vape-Free: A six lesson curriculum for middle and high school students.