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US NY: Halting Meth Habit Before It Starts

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1429/a09.html
Newshawk: Herb
Webpage: http://drugsense.org/url/170EAKxC
Pubdate: Sun, 09 Dec 2007
Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY)
Copyright: 2007 Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Contact: http://www.pressconnects.com/services/editorial/editor.shtml
Website: http://www.pressconnects.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/878
Author: Tom Wilber, Press & Sun-Bulletin
Cited: Families and Schools Together http://www.fastnational.org
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?225 (Students - United States)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/dare.htm (D.A.R.E.)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

HALTING METH HABIT BEFORE IT STARTS

Programs Teach About Dangers

Along with algebra and grammar, a growing number of middle and high school students in Broome and Tioga counties are learning lessons about methamphetamine production and addiction in their communities.

Several school districts -- including Chenango Forks, Windsor, Whitney Point, Harpursville and Newark Valley -- are teaming with Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton to provide mandatory and extra-curricular classes to counter a rising trend of methamphetamine addiction and related problems, including child abuse and neglect.

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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake

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