SAMHSA Launches 2007 Reach Out Now School Program to Curb Underage Drinking

March 29, 2007

SAMHSA Launches 2007 Reach Out Now School Program to Curb Underage Drinking

On the heels of the Surgeon General´s March 6 Call to Action to prevent and reduce underage drinking, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) has once again joined with Scholastic, the global children´s publishing, education and media company, to present its annual, nationwide in-school program designed to help parents and teachers educate kids about the dangers of alcohol use. The program, Reach Out Now: Start Talking Before They Start Drinking, is distributed by Scholastic and SAMSHA to nearly every fifth and sixth grade classroom nationwide, beginning this week.

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Source: Daily Dose