Awareness Campaigns

Overdose Awareness

Addiction Policy Forum’s Overdose Reversal Toolkit contains training videos on how to recognize and respond to an overdose, information about how to administer naloxone, harm reduction education, resources and further reading. This toolkit is open source, and we encourage you to share it with your communities and loved ones who could benefit from this information.

Rx Safety

One important step we can all take to help address addiction is to safely dispose of old and unused prescription medications. Whether it's those pain relievers in the medicine cabinet from last year's dental procedure or the forgotten bottle of sleeping pills in the night table, prescription drugs can be extremely dangerous if they fall into the wrong hands.

Language Matters

When words are used inappropriately to describe individuals with a SUD, it not only negatively distorts societal perceptions of their illness, but also feeds into the stigma that can prevent individuals from seeking help.

How Do You REALLY Keep Kids Safe from Addiction?

From the moment our children are born, keeping them safe is second nature: we hold them close as they get their first shots, teach them to look both ways before crossing the street, and help them develop healthy habits that will nurture them throughout their lives. We hear very little, though, during the critical early years about how to protect our kids from the disease of addiction, despite the fact that addiction tends to begin in childhood.