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Planning Prevention Services in Schools: Best Practices & Key Considerations

Quality prevention programs in schools are essential. If you are seeking, or advocating for, substance use prevention programs in your community, this document from our partners at Partnership to End Addiction identifies best practices to consider.

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Enter the 2024 Red Ribbon Photo Contest

Decorate your home or school with a double-looped Red Ribbon and this year's theme, “Life Is A Movie, Film Drug Free™”, for your chance to win an iPad and $1,000 for your school.

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Video: Red Ribbon Patch Program

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts! Watch this video on how to earn the Red Ribbon Patch.

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Looking for Activity Ideas for the Patch Program?

The annual Red Ribbon Week Patch program is a unique opportunity for Girl and Boy Scouts across the nation to earn patches by participating in drug education and prevention activities.

Video: Red Ribbon Week

Video: Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week empowers parents to start a conversation, and make a pledge that encourages our kids to live drug free and helps them to succeed.

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DEA Museum and Visitors' Center

The Drug Enforcement Administration Museum's mission is to educate on the history of drugs, drug addiction, and drug law enforcement in the United States.

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Get Involved in a Community Anti-Drug Coalition

We are all concerned about substance abuse issues facing our youth and can work for drug-free neighborhoods and promote drug prevention activities. Many towns and cities have community anti-drug coalitions that tackle both drug and alcohol issues.

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Operation Prevention Virtual Field Trip

Register for a LIVE virtual field trip to a community greatly impacted by opioid addiction on October 25, 2018 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific.

Operation Prevention

To combat America’s rapidly growing opioid and heroin epidemic, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, have launched a new joint nationwide education initiative called “Operation Prevention.”

Upcoming Events

Upcoming DEA 360 Events

Check out a list of local DEA 360 events.