Helping Families Face Today's Drug Risks - Together

Reduce the Risk of Experimentation

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Communities

Explore the benefits of Reality Tour®, a community-based, parent-child prevention experience. Discover a model that is sustainable, effective, and never outdated with a proven sustainable 20-yr history.

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Schools

Discover how Reality Tour®, a replicable prevention program, serves school districts. Learn from educator testimonials and review outcomes that demonstrate measurable impact.

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Parents

Parents are the most powerful tool to prevent youth substance misuse. Reality Tour® educates parent and child together to "get on the same page" . One session forms the foundation for discussion.

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Reality Tour is a program always current with drug trends. Never outdated.

Most comprehensive, continually updated program to meet ever-changing drug trends.

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What Is Reality Tour?

Your community needs an effective and sustainable drug prevention program now. We unite communities to reduce risk factors for youth substance abuse by re-purposing resources you already have.

Parents are the most powerful prevention tool, and they need the support of their communities. The Reality Tour® program brings parents, students, schools, local law enforcement and community volunteers to the table. Together, they create one powerful experience that can influence conversations and choices for years to come.

Sustainable and affordable, Reality Tour allows teens the opportunity to address peer pressure and mental health concerns unique to their community. Evidence-based program update help us incorporate current prevention and health care research.

When Reality Tour’s founder Norma Norris asked her son how he managed to not get caught up in drugs, he said, “I could always see beyond the next 10 minutes.” This is the answer that inspired Reality Tour.

Who We Are

Collaborative

Drug prevention takes a whole community

Respectful

Be mindful of others. Listen more than you speak.

Innovative

Stay on top of drug trends and adapt to today’s environment

Trustworthy

Rely on scientific data about health problems.

Passionate

Inspire yourself and others to see what’s possible

Inclusive

Resonate with at-risk and general populations

Our Founder’s Story

In 2003, Reality Tour started out as a solution for my community to address the influx of heroin on our streets. Now, the idea is an evidence-based prevention program impacting over 55,000 parents and children.

Learn more about how one simple sentence inspired Norma Norris, a concerned parent and civic leader, to develop the Reality Tour program.

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