Join NIDA for NDAFW 2022
and Share Your Why

Please join NIDA for the 2022 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW) observance, to be held March 21-27, 2022, and register your event or activity. It’s simple and ensures your event will be featured on the NDAFW map!  

For NDAFW 2022, NIDA is excited to offer event planners resources and activities that Promote Positive Mental Health and Drug Use Prevention Among Youth and promote conversations around skill-building, and expressing personal motivations for adopting healthy behaviors for the mind and body

D.A.R.E. encourages educators, law enforcement, families, prevention orgs., and health care professionals to plan educational activities for youth in your community in recognition of NDAFW. It's easy to get involved! 

• Join NIDA in Crafting #MyWhyNDAFW Short Videos 
  In this activity, youths are encouraged to use their authentic voices to share their why or motivation for preventing drug use and supporting positive mental health.
• Share your #MyWhyNDAFW with this placar
  Print, fill it out, and if you would like, share your motivation for joining the conversation on social media using #NDAFW or #MyWhyNDAFW.
• Explore the Nurturing My Mental & Emotional Health and Stressed Out? activities to help students find strategies to cope with stress and support their mental health.
• Share the Is This Legit? Accessing Valid and Reliable Health Information activity to help students in grades nine through 12 learn to access valid and reliable health information.
• Start a conversation using answers to teens’ 10 frequently asked questions about drugs and health
• Take the National Drug & Alcohol IQ Challenge. Test students’ knowledge about drugs and alcohol with this short, interactive quiz. Take the Kahoot! quiz with a class or encourage youth to play individually.