Reality Tour is a community-based drug prevention system designed as a single event to engage parents, but it’s also a vehicle that networks community resources to enhance prevention on multi-levels. Held in the evening or weekend so parents WILL attend, the system puts parent and child on the same page. Reality Tour is not scare tactics, per our University of Pittsburgh researcher’s documentation. A needs assessment survey of parents in 2002 revealed their desire for prevention programs to include the possible, ultimate consequences of experimentation. Reality Tour is delivered in 3 parts: 1. The Consequences Narrated scenes of life Emotional learning for lasting recall Appropriate for youth ages 10-17 with a parent 2. The Coping Skills Recognize 1st signs of use Personal goals for drug prevention developed Refusal skills engagement Home prevention launch materials Enduring impact on teen brain 3. The Interviews Law officer relates local trends Youth in recovery de-glamourizes use