Webinar Resources| Drug Trends and Impacts on Military Adults: Practical Suggestions for Mental Health Professionals
OneOp Resources
Part 1 – Webinar| Drug Trends in Military Adults: Essential Insights for Mental Health Professionals https://oneop.org/learn/160056/
Blog Post| Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, and the Military: Breaking the Silence https://oneop.org/2024/12/12/substance-use-disorders-stigma-and-the-military-breaking-the-silence/
Webinar| Building Recovery Capital with Military Families https://oneop.org/learn/160073/
External Resources
All Rise| Provides training and technical assistance at the local, state, and national levels to address substance use and mental health at every intercept point https://allrise.org/
Army Medicine| Child, Adolescent & Family Behavioral Health Service https://armymedicine.health.mil/My-Health/Child-Adolescent-and-Family-Behavioral-Health-Service
Army Community Service (ACS)| Programs and Services https://www.armymwr.com/programs-and-services/personal-assistance
Army Installation Management Command| Army Substance Abuse Programs (ASAP) https://home.army.mil/imcom/Organization/human-services/g1 personnel/asap
Army Installation Management Command| Thin Line https://home.army.mil/imcom/index.php/Organization/human-services/g1-personnel/asap/thin-line
Army STAND-TO!| Don’t Be That Guy: Binge Drinking Prevention Campaign https://www.army.mil/standto/archive/2016/01/19/
Challenge of Tarrant County| Dedicated to confronting substance abuse by identifying needs, educating the community, mobilizing resources, promoting collaboration, and advocating for sound public policy https://challengetc.org/
EMDR Institute, Inc.| EMDR Therapy https://www.emdr.com/research-overview/
Marine Corps – Substance Assessment and Counseling Program| A non-medical substance misuse program (Substance Assessment and Counseling Program) that does screening, assessment, prevention, non-medical counseling, referral, and step-down support usmc-mccs.org/substance
Military OneSource| MilLife Guide: Substance Abuse and Addiction https://www.militaryonesource.mil/resources/millife-guides/substance-abuse-addiction
National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)| National Substance Abuse Prevention https://www.nctsn.org/resources/public-awareness/national-substance-abuse-prevention-month
Operation Supplement Safety (OSS) – Drug Demand Reduction Program (DOD’s DDRP)| Aims to prevent drug abuse through education, outreach, and awareness programs, as well as detect and deter DOD civilian and military personnel from using illicit drugs and misusing prescription drugs https://www.opss.org/article/drug-demand-reduction-program
Own Your Limits| A Defense Department (DOD) education campaign with the mission of helping Service members learn to drink responsibly https://www.ownyourlimits.org/
Partnership to End Addiction https://drugfree.org/
Sesame Workshop – Parental Addiction| Resources and support for families struggling with a parent’s addiction https://sesameworkshop.org/topics/parental-addiction/
TED Talk| “Everything you think you know about Addiction is wrong” by Johan Hari https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)| The agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation https://www.samhsa.gov/
Too Much to Lose| A DOD education campaign to inform Service members on the facts and risks related to prescription drug misuse and illicit and prohibited drug use that can impact their health, career, and overall well-being https://www.toomuchtolose.org/
TRICARE| Substance Use Disorder Treatment https://www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/IsItCovered/SubstanceUseDisorderTreatment
Virtual NA| A globally based collaborative service resource whose primary purpose is to provide a meeting search for both Online and Phone line meetings of Narcotics Anonymous hosted from different countries around the world https://virtual-na.org/
Citations
Creech, S. K., Hadley, W., & Borsari, B. (2014). The Impact of Military Deployment and Reintegration on Children and Parenting: A Systematic Review. Professional psychology, research and practice, 45(6), 452–464. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035055.
Defense Centers for Public Health, Health of the Force. (2019). Health.mil; Defense Centers for Public Health – Aberdeen. Retrieved from https://ph.health.mil/topics/campaigns/hof/Pages/default.aspx.
Larson, M. J., Wooten, N. R., Adams, R. S., & Merrick, E. L. (2012). Military Combat Deployments and Substance Use: Review and Future Directions. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 12(1), 6–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2012.647586.
Meadows, S. O., Engel, C. C., Collins, R. L., Beckman, R. L., Breslau, J., Bloom, E. L., Dunbar, M. S., Gilbert, M., Grant, D., Hawes-Dawson, J., Holliday, S. B., MacCarthy, S., Pedersen, E. R., Robbins, M. W., Rose, A. J., Ryan, J., Schell, T. L., & Simmons, M. M. (2021). 2018 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey (HRBS): Results for the Active Component. RAND Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR4222.html.
Military OneSource. (2025). Military Policy and Treatment for Substance Use. Retrieved from https://www.militaryonesource.mil/health-wellness/prevention-care/military-policy-and-treatment-for-substance-use/.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (2019). Substance Use and Military Life DrugFacts. Retrieved from https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/substance-use-military-life on 2025, February 21.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2019). Substance use and military life drugfacts. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved from https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/substance-use-military-life#ref on 2025, January 30.
The above resources, links, and references may include both no cost and cost-based resources and inclusion in this list does not constitute endorsement by DOD or USDA.
