Pubdate: Mon, 02 Oct 2006
Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
Copyright: 2006 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper.
Contact:  http://www.baltimoresun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37

HC DRUGFREE PLANS SESSION ON ALCOHOL, DRUGS IN COUNTY

HC DrugFree, a Howard County nonprofit organization  working to help teens 
avoid alcohol and other drugs,  will offer a free program, "Drinking and 
Drugging in  Howard County: Find Out What's Happening," from 7 p.m.  to 
8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Homewood Center cafeteria.

The program for high school students and their parents  will begin
with an overview of teen use of alcohol,  marijuana and other drugs in
Howard County, presented  by Mary Ann Warnke, of the Howard County
Health  Department, and by an officer from the Howard County  Police
Vice and Narcotics Unit.

Dying High, a documentary film that shows teens being  treated in an
emergency room for drug overdoses,  alcohol poisoning, car accidents
and other trauma  caused by substance abuse, will be shown. Mike Green
of  Teens at Risk will lead a discussion and answer  questions.

Registration is not needed.
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MAP posted-by: Derek