The Alcohol Safety Program is a cognitive behavioral program based on a four year study of secondary prevention strategies with college -age binge drinkers. The results indicated that this intervention brought about both a significant reduction in the quantity of alcohol consumed AND alcohol’s negative consequences compared to an at-risk college control sample.

 The Alcohol Safety Program intervention is a three-hour class of education about social norms, about the effects of alcohol on physical health and social behavior, drug-refusal skills, self-monitoring and motivational interviewing,  and group discussions about “social norms”.

Valley Court Diversion Programs also runs a Cannabis Education Class that is structured in much the same way, but with a focus on the effects of marijuana and other common recreational drugs