NIH-funded research shows effectiveness of community-based, substance abuse prevention interventions begun during middle school years
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2013. Middle school students from small towns and rural communities who received any of three community-based prevention programs were less likely to abuse prescription medications in late adolescence and young adulthood. The research, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol…
