Towards No Drug

Program Description
Project Towards No Drug (TND) is an effective, interactive classroom-based substance abuse prevention program that is based on more than two decades of successful research at the University of Southern California. Project TND focuses on three factors that predict tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use, violence-related behaviors, and other problem behaviors among youth, including:

• Motivation factors (i.e.: students’ attitudes, beliefs, expectations, and desires regarding drug use);
• Skills (social, self-control, and coping skills); and
• Decision-making (i.e.: how to make decisions that lead to health-promoting behaviors).

Awards and Recognition
Project TND has been identified as a model or exemplary program by the following organizations:

• U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP/DSG)
• U.S. Department of Defense
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Health Canada
• California Department of Education Getting Results Program
• University of Colorado, Boulder Blueprints Project

Target Audience
Project TND targets high school youth, ages 14 to 19. The program has proved successful when implemented in regular as well as alternative (continuation) high schools, with students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Implementation
Project TND will be provided in the following Montebello Unified School District schools:

• Montebello Community Day School
• Bell Gardens High School
• Montebello High School
• Schurr High School
• Vail High School

For additional information on this program contact: Beverly Cohen at
cohen_beverly@montebello.k12.ca.us.