The Drug Surveillance Unit monitors overdose trends in Georgia, and provides overdose data to the public and to partners working to end the opioid epidemic. This data is also used to detect and respond to rapid increases, or clusters, of overdoses​.

• The GaDOE Office of Whole Child Supports partnered with Curriculum and Instruction to develop a resource calendar of lesson plans for Red Ribbon Week. The lesson plans​​​​ are organized by grade band and aligned with the Georgia Standards of Excellence.​​​
  
• Red Ribbon Lesson Plans K-5​​​
  
• Red Ribbon Lesson Plans 6-12
  
• Treatment Resources
• Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative
• Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
• NIDA: Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents (In Brief)
• NIDA For Teens: Drug Use and the Brain​
  
• The Social Determinants of Adolescent Drug Use
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Addiction Resources
  
• Addiction Policy Forum​ (provides free online courses to learn the basics of addiction)
• Drug Addiction and Recovery Resources
• The Partnership at Drugfree.org
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• The Drug Surveillance Unit at the Georgia Department of Public Health monitors overdose trends in Georgia, and provides overdose data to the public and to partners working to end the opioid epidemic​.

• State Board Rule 160-4-2-.12: Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Program Plan

• Georgia Student Health Survey​