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.