Recovery Build APG is a 6 month outpatient treatment program for Cape Cod teens struggling with substance use challenges. Teens can work with a licensed mental health counselor, family therapist, a recovery coach, and a peer mentor. Teens can talk with peers who are going through the same thing and hear how others deal with challenges in their recovery.

Information about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and how to get help.

Every teen’s life is filled with pressure, some of it good, some of it bad. The goal of Above the Influence has always been to help teens stand up to negative pressures, or influences. The more aware you are of the influences around you, the better prepared you will be to face them, including the pressure to use drugs and alcohol. We’re not telling you how to live your life, but we are giving you facts and another perspective. You need to make your own best decisions.

Quick video about vaping, prevalence, dangers of nicotine addiction.

An organization dedicated to helping families struggling with mental health and substance-use disorders.  Resources are provided for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery.

National Institute on Drug Abuse resource page for Tobacco, Nicotine and Vaping

Information provided by Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Resources.  Includes information on protecting your kids, alcohol's impact on a teen's brain, marijuana misuse and preventing prescription drug misuse.

Between legalization, normalization and new ways to use it, it's becoming more complicated to talk to your kids about marijuana use.  This page from the Partnership to End Drug Addiction has great starting points for parents.

A course for parents to learn how to protect your teen's health, life and future through a series of brief videos that demonstrate the effects of adolescent substance use on the developing brain.  Parents will also learn practical tips on how to keep your teen safe.

The popularity of e-cigarettes and vaping among students has ballooned almost out of control. But teens often have too little information or rely on misinformation about vaping. Once teens look at the risks and understand the facts about e-cigs, they can head off years or even a lifetime of potential health problems.