About Us

STAND (Students Taking Action Not Drugs), a division of the Drug Free America Foundation, was founded to educate an international network of university students about the dangers of addictive drugs and to mobilize them to reduce substance abuse on their campuses. STAND utilizes a unique, professionally-designed public relations campaign and website to address college and university student concerns about the drug and alcohol problem on college campuses.

Our Goals are:

• To use science-based principles in educating college students about the dangers of drugs; and in turn, reduce drug use among 18-25 year olds; and,
• To direct young people into treatment through action on behalf of their loved ones.

STAND will accomplish this by utilizing the Internet with it's web site, www.studentstakingaction.org.

• Disseminate the latest scientific evidence about the dangers of drugs and alcohol; and,
• House SAMHSA's drug abuse treatment data base in order to lead people to treatment; and,
• Publish articles and statements about the capacity of addictive drugs to change the brain, change behavior, and produce addiction