Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Feasibility of Augmenting Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

This study tests the feasibility of an intervention to prevent risky alcohol or marijuana use that adds a 4-week course of tailored text messaging to a brief motivational intervention for 13-18-year-old adolescents.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 13 to 18 years old
• Able to provide consent or assent and parental permission
• have a functioning cell phone without pay-as-you-go text messaging

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently enrolled in any substance abuse program;
• have medical/psychiatric condition that precludes participation