We are Clark County Teens for Tomorrow (TFT), and this website is for you.

We are a group of youth working to protect our community and our peers from the impacts of substance use. We noticed that most websites about youth substance use prevention are created by adults, so we made this website as a space to better our community and to connect with you, youth to youth. 

​This website is a space where you can ask questions, learn more about substances, find resources, and just get to know TFT and what we do. Our goal is for you to feel safe and welcome, and hopefully to come away with some extra knowledge. 

We know from research the kinds of negative effects drugs and alcohol can have on young brains (under 25). We want to improve youth access to information about drugs and alcohol.

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Being a youth can be stressful. Sometimes the media glamorizes substance use as a way to cope, when in reality there are way cheaper, healthier, and more effective ways to handle stress. We want to share the resources and the coping strategies that work for us!

This site includes information to help all youth. Are you here for yourself? We got you. Worried about a family member or friend? We got you. Here for a school project? We're here for it. This is a judgement free zone, and you are welcome here no matter what!

​What is TFT?

TFT stands for Teens for Tomorrow. We are a nonjudgmental and inclusive group of Clark County, WA youth (ages 12-18) preventing youth drug and alcohol use, using our words and in our own way. We noticed that most websites about youth substance use prevention are created by adults, so we made this website as a way to better our community by connecting with you, youth to youth.

What do TFT peer educators do?

We work to encourage healthy behavior, build resilience, provide coping resources and support to youth in our community. However, within our prevention work, TFT creates connections and bonds with those we impact, and we demonstrate how connection is the best prevention. We do this by:

• Promoting awareness through outreach and educational programs, while serving as a resource for our peers at school and/or one-on-one
• Advising various community organizations on how to best prevent youth substance use in our community
• Supporting programs and policies that minimize youth substance use

We seek to represent the diverse geographic regions and populations of the county. Our members include youth who have never used drugs and alcohol, youth with past experimentation/use, and youth who have completed treatment and are now in recovery. 

We are fighting for a better future for youth in Clark County and beyond!

Check out our playlist, TFT Happy Chaos!

We made the TFT Happy Chaos playlist because we love music and it is a big part of our daily activities. It helps us relax, get motivated, and makes us happy. We want to share our favorites with others and hope it helps them like it does us.

We also made a booklet to go with the playlist to talk about what music means to us, how music relates to prevention, and ways music can be used to shift your mood or help you relax. You can see the pages of our booklet in the photo gallery below.

Link: listen to the TFT Happy Chaos playlist on Spotify

TFT Gallery

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