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Plain-language guides for everyday questions. Find something for yourself, your family, your classroom or your next step in recovery.
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Why Do Some Young People Try Drugs?
Learn why prevention is about relationships and support, not only warnings.
Mission Sambhav guideWhen Friends Pressure You: A Practical Guide
Four ways to handle a difficult offer without making the situation worse.
Mission Sambhav guideParents: How to Talk About Drugs Without Starting a Fight
A conversation guide that keeps the door open for future help-seeking.
Mission Sambhav guideTeachers: What to Do When You Are Worried About a Student
Respond to concerns privately, supportively and through proper safeguarding channels.
Mission Sambhav guideWhen Might Substance Use Need Professional Help?
Recognise patterns that deserve a confidential professional conversation.
Mission Sambhav guideWhat Happens at Your First Addiction-Care Appointment?
Understand what to expect when you first speak with a treatment professional.
Mission Sambhav guideTreatment Is Not One-Size-Fits-All: Understanding Your Options
A plain-language guide to outpatient, residential and medical treatment.
Mission Sambhav guideChoosing a Rehabilitation Centre: Eight Questions to Ask
Questions about clinical staffing, safety, fees and continuing care to ask before choosing a centre.
Mission Sambhav guideThe First Month After Rehabilitation: Building a Support Plan
A simple framework for the transition from treatment to everyday life.
Mission Sambhav guideSupporting Someone After Treatment Without Policing Them
Practical ways to show support while respecting autonomy and boundaries.
Mission Sambhav guideIf Recovery Becomes Difficult: Respond Early, Not With Shame
Know what to do when cravings increase or substance use returns.
Mission Sambhav guideLife After Treatment: Work, Purpose and Belonging
How social connection and meaningful responsibilities can support recovery.
Mission Sambhav guideNeed Help Now? Support Options in India
Find emergency assistance, substance-use guidance and support options in India.
Mission Sambhav guideA conversation can be a beginning.
Small, everyday conversations that help a young person feel heard.
Based on UNICEF ParentingYour choices. Your own pace.
Prepare a way to say no, leave an uncomfortable situation and reach someone you trust.
Based on NIH MedlinePlusBuild a life, one day at a time.
Explore the everyday foundations of recovery: health, home, purpose and connection.
Based on SAMHSASee the person. Choose your words.
Language that keeps dignity at the centre of a classroom or community conversation.
Based on NIH · National Institute on Drug AbuseGood support continues after discharge.
Questions to discuss with a qualified treatment team when planning continuing care.
Based on WHO & UNODC · Treatment standards (2020)Finding a starting point in India.
A government information route for questions about substance-use support.
Based on Ministry of Social Justice & EmpowermentFree to explore. No personal story or health disclosure needed.
GO A LITTLE FURTHERSources and further reading73 references
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Family Resource Center: Communication Skills
Find practical listening and behaviour-support tools for families.
Prevention · Resource hubSigns of Drug Use in Teens: 12 Warning Signs
Recognise possible concerning patterns without assuming ordinary teenage changes prove drug use.
Prevention · ArticleENGAGE: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent Youth Substance Use
A practical framework for school, family, community and health-system prevention strategies.
Prevention · Evidence guideThe Science of Listen First: Parenting Resources
Research-informed guidance on warmth, listening, boundaries and protective parenting.
Prevention · PDF factsheetSubstance Misuse: School One-Pager (Hindi)
A one-page Hindi resource developed for the School Health & Wellness Programme.
Prevention · PDF factsheetNasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan: IEC Material
Government material including Hindi terminology, drug awareness and educational resources.
Prevention · IEC resourcesHealth and Wellness of School-Going Children: Curriculum
National curriculum with substance misuse, peer resistance and non-stigmatising classroom exercises.
Prevention · PDF curriculumSchool Health & Wellness Programme: IEC Materials
Official school health materials including substance misuse and emotional wellbeing in Hindi and English.
Prevention · Government resource library