By Phil Ellingsworth, Hatboro-Horsham Patch; May 7, 2013
 
By Chris May, CBS 3 News; May 8, 2013 
 
By Jason Kane, PBS NewsHour; April 30, 2013 
 
By Donna Leinwand Leger, USA Today; April 25, 2013 

By Jennifer c. Kerr, Associated Press; April 23, 2013 
 
By Dr. Stephen Garrison, Caron Chit Chat Blog; April 18, 2013 
 
How to Spot Internet Addiction
By Karen Chase, ABC News; April 8, 2013

Although drinking by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States.

 
By Maia Szalavitz, Time Health & Family; March 29, 2013
 
Philadelphia Inquirer; March 27, 2013 
 
By David Sack, M.D.; March 26, 2013
 
By Freda R. Savana, Intelligencer; March 25, 2013

By Michael Botticelli, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; February 25, 2013

By Alan Schwarz, NY Times; February 2, 2013

By Claire McCarthy, MD, Huffington Post; January 30, 2013

By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times; January 25, 2013 

By Michael R. Cohen, R.Ph., The Philadelphia Inquirer; January 14, 2013 

By Ann J. Curley, CNN Health News; January 9, 2013

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By Kimberly Flanders, The Intelligencer; January 9, 2013

By Chelsea M. Reyher, Chester County Local Daily News; January 6, 2013

By Doug Shimell and David Chang, NBC 10 Philadelphia; January 2, 2013

Results of NIDA's 2012 "Monitoring the Future" Survey are Published
Regular Marijuana Use by Teens Continues to be a Concern
NIDA Press Office; December 19, 2012

By Richard Lenti, American News Report; December 5, 2012

By Trisha Henry, CNN Medical Producer; November 19, 2012

By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN; November 15, 2012

3-Part Series from Philly.com Healthy Kids Blog
By Sari Harrar, Philly.com; November 3-5, 2012 
 
By Dan Perez, Intelligencer; October 11, 2012

By Mary Wilkerson, The Fix; September 24, 2012

By Maia Szalazvitz, Time/Healthland

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By drugfree.org Staff; September 5, 2012

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By Ryan Jaslow, CBS News; August 22, 2012

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By Denise Mann, WebMD Health News; July 27, 2012

Partnership at Drugfree.org Announces New Partners in National Medicine Abuse Action Campaign
By Josie Feliz; July 31, 2012 

By Mike Oliva, New Jersey Newsroom; July 6, 2012

by Nikki Tucker, Medical Daily; July 3, 2012

Yardena Schwartz, NBC News; June 19, 2012

Former Miss USA Speaks Out About Her Addiction and Recovery
By Freda R. Savana, The Intelligencer; June 20, 2012

By Alan Schwarz, New York Times; June 9, 2012

By Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press; June 8, 2012

By Charles Poladian, Medical Daily; May 17, 2012

By Genevra Pittman, Reuters; May 7, 2012

By Nadja Popovich, The Atlantic; May 7, 2012

By Jeanne Campanella, Sun News; May 6, 2012

By Jessica Berman, Voice of America; May 4, 2012

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press; May 2, 2012
 
By Mike Nolan, Chicago Sun-Times; April 27, 2012
 
By Deborah Brauser, Medscape Medical News, April 3, 2012
 
By Theresa Katalinas, Hatboro-Horsham Patch, March 21, 2012
 
R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White  House Office of National Drug Control Policy, March 22, 2012
 
Rome (NY) Observer, March 15, 2012

USC/Annenberg, Regina Graham, February 13, 2012

Reading Eagle, January 29, 2012
 
by Denise Moran for The Beacon-News, January 16, 2012

Prescription abuse has deadly consequences for youths
The Tampa Tribune; by Mary Shedden, January 15, 2012
Read about an upcoming film that will explore an "epidemic" among teens. To view the trailer, click here.
by Debbie L. Sklar, Laguna Niguel Patch, December 13, 2011

by Barry Lessin, M.Ed., CAADC, December 6, 2011

Nineteen teenagers were charged with underage drinking early Saturday morning.
Hatboro-Horsham Patch, November 29, 2011

Hatboro Council cut its involvement in the D.A.R.E. program, which costs the public safety department about $4,000 in overtime fees to teach a total of 80 hours of substance abuse prevention and awareness in the Hatboro-Horsham School District.
Hatboro-Horsham Patch, November 29, 2011

by Tamara Browning, The State Journal-Register, November 20, 2011

"We've updated the Shatter the Myths booklet, created a new Drug IQ Challenge, and are announcing the MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundation's® Teen Substance Abuse Awareness through Music Contest Grammy in May."

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Nearly 200 people turned out for Hatboro-Horsham's first public event.
Hatboro-Horsham Patch, October 13, 2011

Study Shows an Increase in Alcohol Abuse During an Economic Recession
by Denise Mann, WebMD Health News, October 13, 2011

Follow Jessica Lester's blog on Horsham Patch!
Posted October 4, 2011

Medical News Today, October 3, 2011

by Luke Hunt, The Diplomat, Sept. 22, 2011

by Allison Steele, Inquirer Staff Writer, Sept. 19, 2011

by Daniel Ruben, Inquirer Columnist, Sept. 1, 2011
 
Why do otherwise good kids seem to make bad decisions when they are with their friends? 
by Tara Parker-Pop, New York Times
 
Hatboro-Horsham's "Be a Part of the Conversation" gears up for the school year. 
by Bill Devlin, The Intelligencer, August 12, 2011

by Theresa Katalinas, Hatboro-Horsham Patch, August 10, 2011
 
Colleges Set Up Courses, Scholarships and Centers to Welcome Recovering Addicts! 
by Kevin Helliker, Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2011
 
by Susan Shelly, Reading Eagle, August 2, 2011
 
by Richard A. Friedman, M.D.; New York Times, August 1, 2011

Many Remember Former First Lady for Removing Stigma from Addiction
WFMZ-TV, Channel 69 News; Dwayne Parker Reporting; July 11, 2011 

CBSPhilly.com; July 6, 2011

Well Being: Yoga as a way to escape addictive behaviors

June 20, 2011; by Art Carey, Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist

Jimmy Carter: Call Off the War on Drugs
NYTimes Op Ed, June 16, 2011
 
 
 
Hatboro-Horsham Attacks Drug Use
Intelligencer, May 4, 2011

Mock DUI collision hammers message home
PhillyBurbs, Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Reuters, April 20, 2011


Parenting Part II: Talk to Teens About Alcohol
USA Today, April 12, 2011


Teen Drug Use Up Since 2008
U.S. News and World Report, April 11, 2011
 

 

CBS News, April 6, 2011
 
 
 
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