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Newshawk: chip
Pubdate: Wed, 10 Mar 2004
Source: Greenville News (SC)
Copyright: 2004 The Greenville News
Contact:
Website: http://greenvillenews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/877
Author: Ishmael Tate, Staff Writer
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth)
TEENS LEND EAR TO ANTI-DRUG SPEAKER
Hillcrest High students expecting a boring, traditional speaker warning
them of the evils of drug and alcohol abuse were surprised, then moved by
drug prevention speaker Milton Creagh, Wednesday afternoon. Most of the
1,000-plus students who packed into the school's gym were standing near the
end as he asked who had been affected by a friend or family member's
substance abuse. Some wept openly and others leaned on friends' shoulders
as they remembered a loved one who had lost the battle.
In his speech, titled The Mask, he told teens to urge friends who need help
to get it and to find someone to talk to about their own problems instead
of hiding them.
"What scares me is that when it comes to people getting addicted to and
abusing drugs, everyone wants to wear a mask," said Creagh, who the state
PTA says has spoken to more than 8 million youths in speeches around the
country.
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MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager
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