Posters, Pamphlets and Promotional Items available
at little or no cost to community groups
Where to go when you need "stuff"
Where's YOUR favorite place to get freebies?
Email FRC
with the info.
Alcohol
Against Drunk Driving (ADD) has some
kids
mazes, puzzles, and such that you can print off and use
as fun handouts.
Alberta Alcohol
and Drug Commission (AADC) has posters, brochures etc
available for a fee to out of province organizations.
BAACHUS
Canada has several items available. Pamplets, brochures,
posters, post its, pens, coasters, and more at a VERY reasonable
price. Download the catalogue.
BC Liquor Stores website has a Social
Responsibility Section with a link for posters etc on
FAS and pregnancy. Also has information on programs that they
sponsor, Think of Me, responsible hosting, Safe Ride Home,
etc.
Do It Now Foundation - Substances and Safety - Pamphlets
on several drug and alcohol related issues. Free samples available
on web: www.doitnow.org/pages/catalog.html
You can order quantities starting at US $0.25 each. DIN Publications,
Box 27568, Tempe, AZ 85285. Phone (602) 491-0393.
The
Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART) has a variety
of promotional materials designed for professionals and the
public. These promotional materials include posters, brochures,
and wallet cards. All DART promotional materials are provided
free-of-charge. Within Ontario, call 1-800-565-8603. Outside
Ontario, call 1-519-439-0174 or email at: info@dart.on.ca
- Help is Just a Call Away English and French
poster and wallet cards
- Are Drugs and Alcohol Affecting Your Life?
brochure in English and French
MADD Canada offers a wide range of quality items from
sweats and shirts to keychains and posters all at exceptional
prices. through their MADD
Store
Moderate Drinking & Health - $0.20 each. Canadian Centre
on Substance Abuse, 75 Albert St., Suite 300, Ottawa,
ON K1P 5E7. Phone 1-800-214-4788. Free from the Internet,
Canadian Centre
on Substance Abuse
City of Ottawa, Alcohol and Injury Prevention Project,
Child and Adolescent Health Program has created several bilingual
"parent friendly"
resources including:
- Parties and Alcohol: A Survival Guide For Parents
and Teens (available in pdf)
- Party Tips (available in pdf)
- Good Parties/Bad Parties Curriculum/Activity
(Word document)
For these and other resources please contact:
Robin Ray, Robin.Ray@ottawa.ca;
(613) 24287 or
Michelle Parks, Michelle.Parks@ottawa.ca
Public Health Nurse
Child and Adolescent Health Program
Community Services
495 Richmond Rd. 4th Fl. E.
Ottawa, ON, K2A 4A4
(613) 724-4122 ext 23466
CAMH Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto,
ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111. Samples are available on
web
- Facts About...Alcohol - 50 for $10.
- Women and Alcohol - 25 for $21.25.
ABCs of Binge Drinking - Samples available
on web: www.gov.ab.ca/aadac/ $30 for set of 10 topics. Alberta
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, 10909 Jasper Avenue,
Suite 203, Edmonton, AB T5J 3M9. Phone 1-800-280-9616.
LCBO. Available at LCBO stores and through the toll-free
LCBO Infoline (1-800-ONT-LCBO). Contact the Social Responsibility
Department at tel.: 416 864-6820; fax: 416 864-2431; e-mail:
elizabeth.kruzel@lcbo.com. (many are available in English
and French)
- Having a Party ? brochure was co-produced
by The LCBO and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Prom Tips provide students and parents with
helpful advice on avoiding potentially dangerous situations
involving alcohol, especially when minors are present.
- What Will You Remember About Your Prom Night?
is a poster designed to heighten awareness of the pitfalls
of underage drinking and irresponsible consumption.
- poster Buying for a Minor is a Major Offence
- Working SMAART Quick Check ID Guide
- The Only Miners We Serve poster
- poster Drinking and Driving is no Accident
Ministry of Transportation, Break the Law -
Pay the Price brochures/posters are available directly
through the Ministry of Transportation 416-235-3473.
Safer Drinking - 5 steps to making healthy decisons
around alcohol intake. US $6. ETR Associates,
P.O. Box 1830, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1830. Phone 1-800-321-4407.
Entertaining is an Art... - Sample available
on web: Free. Prevention
Source BC, #210 - 2730 Commercial Drive, Vancouver,
BC V5N 5P4. Phone (604) 874-8452; toll-free outside the Lower
Mainland 1-800-663-1880.
Alcohol: We're Not Buying It! - 24" x 32" colour
poster featuring a variety of youth. Free. National Clearinghouse
for Alcohol and Drug Information, Box 2345, Rockville,
MD 20847-2345. Phone (301) 468-2600.
The Harmful Effects of... - A series of 24"
x 36" colour posters about marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, and
smoking. US $21 each. Directional Learning, 480 Washington
Street, Elora, ON N0B 1S0. Phone (519) 846-5397.
OCCID
Arrive Alive (you pay shipping). Order form is available
online.
- bumper stickers
- Arrive Alive Passport to Safety - English
only - limit 400 - includes minimum penalty chart.
- Insurance Folders - limit 200 - additional Insurance Folders
can be purchased at a cost of 20 cents each
- Reusable countertop cartons - limit 15
- Litter Bags - limit 200
- Poster - limit 25 - 20" x 26" - "Arrive Alive” – white
background with cartoon characters – English or French
- Drive Sober "Valentines" - limit 100 - English or French
- Equivalency brochure - limit 200 - English or French
- Radio Public Service Announcements on cassette, CD, or
MP3
OSAID
- Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving
- Start-up Kits -free of charge, but they request $10 to
cover shipping and handling
- an OSAID Chapter Essential Start up kits contain
a Membership Manual (just about everything students
need to know about running a chapter, raising awareness,
accessing resources and tried and true fundraising ideas)
as well as Adult Advisor Manuals - the perfect helpmate
for your chapter's adult advisor. Also included is the
iDrive video, OSAID rap cd (perfect for morning announcements),
resource materials, posters, call me cards and contracts
and other cool odds and sods.
- Brochure
- Call me Cards
- 3”x8” banners (on loan basis)
- Prom night posters
Impaired Driving
12 Lousy Reasons for Riding with a Drunk Driver
- Free. Health Canada, Publications Unit, Address Locator
0913A, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9. Phone (613) 954-5995.
Facts About...Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving
- Sample available on web, 50 for $10. CAMH
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street,
Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661- 1111.
State Farm Insurance has the Be
A Good Neighbor Be A Designated Driver Appropriate for
audiences above the legal drinking age, this program encourages
the use of a designated driver. It includes a video, brochures,
a presentation guide, and poster. These materials are available
free through a State Farm agent or employee. Also available
are keychains, coasters, and magnets. Contact your local State
Farm Insurance office.
Fatal
Vision® is a specially designed and manufactured pair
of goggles that simulate the visual impairment caused by alcohol
or other drugs. Viewing through the goggles is rather clear,
but confusing to the mind. A variety of products are available
for a fee.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
Is It Safe for My Baby? - 25 for $21.25. CAMH
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street,
Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111.
Alcohol Can Hurt Our Babies - 8" x 14" black
and white poster with pamphlet
"Pregnant? Did You Know" on the back. Free.
BC Liquor Distribution Branch, 2625 Rupert Street,
Vancouver, BC V5M 3T5. Phone (604) 252-3038.
An Inner Voice Tells You Not to Drink - Colourful
poster featuring Native American pregnant woman. Free. National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, Box 2345,
Rockville, MD 20852. Phone (301) 468-2600.
YWCA Crabtree Corner, 101 East Cordova Street, Vancouver,
BC V6A 1K7. Phone (604) 689-2808.
- Our Children's Future Depends on Us! - 18"
x 22" colour poster featuring boy reaching for bubbles.
Free (up to 10).
- You Can Make a Difference to Your Child's Health
- 8-1/2" x 11" two-colour poster featuring a teddy bear,
bottle of alcohol, and syringe. Free (to max. of 10).
Drinking Alcohol While You Are Pregnant Can Harm Your
Baby (2000). There is no cost for the brochures, charge
for shipping and handling. Includes copies of a poster. Available
from The Motherisk Program Hospital for Sick Children, 555
University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 Tel: 1 (877) 327-4636
Fax: (416) 813-7562
Pregnant? Did you know you could hurt your baby if
you drink alcohol? (1998) pamplet folds out to 14
1/2" x 8 1/2" poster. Q & A format about alcohol consumption
and the risks to the fetus. Available from Alberta Children's
Services, Office for the Prevention of Family Violence 11th
Floor, Seventh Street Plaza, 10030 107 Street Edmonton, AB
T5J 3E4T el: (780) 422-5916 Fax: (780) 427-2039
Your Health Before Pregnancy (1999) This pamphlet
gives concise information on things that can make a difference
to your health before pregnancy, for example, nutrition, caffeine,
alcohol and drugs. Available from Simcoe County District Health
Unit 15 Sperling Drive Barrie, ON L4M 6K9 Tel: (705) 721-7330
Fax: (705) 721-1495 2)
Ways to Have a Healthy Baby - measures 8" x
24" and has Aboriginal and Caucasian versions available. This
poster offers advice and suggestions for the mother, her partner,
family, friends and siblings on having an alcohol-free pregnancy.
Available from Alberta Children's Services, Office for the
Prevention of Family Violence 11th Floor, Seventh Street Plaza,
10030 107 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4 Tel: (780) 422-5916
Fax: (780) 427-2039
Listen to the Inner Voice. No Alcohol Please
Measuring 18" x 24", this prevention poster and shows a picture
of a kangaroo with the baby kangaroo holding the sign "no
alcohol please." Available from Saskatchewan Institute on
Prevention of Handicaps 1319 Colony Street Saskatoon, SK S7N
2Z1 Tel: (306) 655-2512 Fax: (306) 655-2511 skiph@sk.sympatico.ca
Together We Can Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Measuring 18" x 24", this 2000 prevention poster shows a glass
of alcohol with adult hands covering the glass and on top
of the adult hands is the hand of an infant. Availble from
BC Liquor Stores, Alcohol Awareness Program, Liquor Distribution
Branch 2625 Rupert Street Vancouver, BC V5M 3T5 Tel: (604)
252-3038 Fax: (604) 252-3044 communications@bcliquorstores.com
Prescription or Over the Counter Drugs
CAFFEINE
Facts About...Caffeine - Sample available
on web.
50 for $10. CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111.
MEDICATIONS
Over-the-Counter Drugs - $0.20 each. BC
Medical Association, 1665 West Broadway, #115, Vancouver,
BC V6J 5A4. Phone (604) 736-5551.
NARCOTICS
Narcotics - Samples free. 50 for US $16. Performance
Resource Press, 1270 Rankin Drive, Suite F, Troy, MI 48083-2843.
Phone 1-800-453-7733.
Facts About...Opiates - 50 for $10. CAMH
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street,
Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111. Internet: www.camh.net
For Seniors
7 Ways to a Good Night's Sleep - Free. Prevention
Source BC, web site copy only: http://www.preventionsource.bc.ca/psbc/fact/01.html
Drugs & Alcohol: A Guide for Older People -
Sample available on web: www.doitnow.org/pages/catalog.html
US $0.50 each. DIN Publications, Box 27568, Tempe,
AZ 85285. Phone (602) 491-0393.
How To Talk to An Older Person Who Has a Problem with
Alcohol or Medications - Free. Hazelden Publishing
and Education, P.O. Box 176, Center City, MN 55012. Phone
1-800-257-7800.
Knowledge is the Best Medicine - Free. Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Association of Canada, #302- 1111 Prince
of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON K2C 3T2. Phone 1-800-363-0203.
Older Adult and Alcohol - $30 for pkg of 25.
CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell
Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111. Internet:
www.camh.net
Older Adult and Sleeping Pills, Tranquillizers
- $30 for pkg of 25. CAMH Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone
1-800-661-1111.
Pushing 60 - $20 for pkg of 50. Alberta
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, 10909 Jasper Avenue,
#203, Edmonton, AB T5J 3M9. 1-800-280-9616.
Tips for the Safe Use of Medication - Free.
Prevention Source BC, web site copy only: http://www.preventionsource.bc.ca/psbc/fact/17.html
Walking: A Healthy Alternative - Free. Prevention
Source BC, web site copy only: http://www.preventionsource.bc.ca/psbc/fact/18.html
State Farm Insurance Home
Safe Home® The Home Safe Home kit, designed for
senior citizens, can be presented to any group interested
in senior citizen home safety. Program topics in the program
include fire safety and falling prevention.
SOLVENTS
Solvents: Facts about Abuse - Free. BC Aboriginal
Network on Disability, 1179 Kosapsum Crescent, Victoria,
BC V9A 7K7. Phone 1-888-815-5511.
Illicit Drugs
BARBITURATES, HALLUCINOGENS AND AMPHETAMINES
Alberta Alcohol and Drug
Commission (AADC) has posters, brochures etc available
for a fee to out of province organizations.
CAMH Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto,
ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111. Samples are available on
web
- Facts About...Barbiturates - 50 for $10.
- Facts About...Benzodiazepines - Sample available
on web: www.camh.net. 50 for $10.
- Facts About...LSD - Sample available on
web: www.camh.net. $50 for 10.
- Facts About...Amphetamines - Sample available
on web: www.camh.net. 50 for $10.
Do It Now Foundation - Ecstasy: Dancing with
Mr. E. Also, several other pamphlets on drug and alcohol
related issues. Free samples available on web: www.doitnow.org/pages/catalog.html
You can order quantities starting at US $0.25 each. DIN Publications,
Box 27568, Tempe, AZ 85285. Phone (602) 491-0393.
COCAINE
Facts About...Cocaine - Sample available on
web.
50 for $10. CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111.
Cocaine and the Family: What You Can Do -$2
each. Superior Medical Limited, 520 Champagne Drive,
Toronto, ON M3J 2T9. Phone 1-800-268-7944.
The Harmful Effects of... - A series of 24"
x 36" colour posters about marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, and
smoking. US $21 each. Directional Learning, 480 Washington
Street, Elora, ON N0B 1S0. Phone (519) 846-5397.
MARIJUANA
Facts About...Cannabis - 50 for $10. CAMH
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street,
Toronto, ON M5S 2S1. Phone 1-800-661-1111.
Marijuana: Facts for Teens - Free. National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, Box 2345,
Rockville, MD 20852. Phone (301) 468-2600. Internet: www.health.org
The Harmful Effects of... - A series of 24"
x 36" colour posters about marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, and
smoking. US $21 each. Directional Learning, 480 Washington
Street, Elora, ON N0B 1S0. Phone (519) 846-5397.
STEROIDS
Steroids -$0.20 each. BC Medical Association,
1665 West Broadway, #115, Vancouver, BC V6J 5A4. Phone (604)
736-5551. Body Image - 10 for $3. Canadian Centre for Ethics
in Sport, 1600 James Naismith Drive, Gloucester, ON K1B 5N4.
Phone 1-800-672-7775.
FOR PARENTS/TEACHERS
Drug-Proofing the Family: A Guide for Parents
- Sample available on web: www.doitnow.org/pages/catalog.html
US $2.50 each. DIN Publications, Box 27568, Tempe,
AZ 85285. Phone (602) 491-0393. Two-Way Street - Free. RCMP
Drug Awareness Units. Fax (604) 264-2649.
FOR YOUTH
Do It Now Foundation - Substances and Safety - Pamphlets
on several drug and alcohol related issues. Free samples available
on web: www.doitnow.org/pages/catalog.html
You can order quantities starting at US $0.25 each. DIN Publications,
Box 27568, Tempe, AZ 85285. Phone (602) 491-0393.
Straight Facts About Drugs and Drug Abuse -
Free. Prevention Source BC, #210 - 2730 Commercial
Drive, Vancouver, BC V5N 5P4. Telephone: 604-874-8452 or fax:
604-874-9348.
Teen Esteem! Feeling Good about Yourself -
Sample free with self-addressed envelope (write pamphlet name
on back). 50 for US $16. ETR Associates, Box 1830,
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1830. Phone 1-800-321-4407.
Tips for Teens - Free. National Clearinghouse
for Alcohol and Drug Information, Box 2345, Rockville,
MD 20852. Phone (301) 468-2600. Internet: www.health.org
First Nations
Various "Kahnawake" role model posters - Large, full-colour
posters featuring well-known First Nations Canadians, and
describing each one's life and philosophy. Free. Limited supply
available from National Native Role Model Program Resource
Centre, Box 1440, Kahnawake, PQ J0L 1B0. Phone 1-800-363-3199.
Workplace
Alcoholism: Job Safety and Performance - 50
for $30. Superior Medical Limited, 520 Champagne Drive,
Downsview, ON M3J 2T9. Phone 1-800-268-7944.
National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, An
Employer's Guide to Dealing with Substance Abuse -
Free. , Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20852. Phone (301) 468-2600.
Dressed to Kill. Substance Abuse in the Workplace Affects
Everyone. - Posters with anti-drug messages for the
workplace. Free. Worker's Compensation Board, 6711
Elmbridge Way, Richmond, BC V7C 4N1. Phone (604) 276-3068.
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