Seminar to look at teen drug abuse

Created on Tuesday, 23 October 2012 Written by THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF

Reports say local abuse up, bucking national trend 

Teen drug abuse is declining nationwide, but a recent Monitoring the Future report shows it is up in Logan County.

There has been a 50 percent increase in heroin use, and a 45 percent increase in cocaine use among the county’s high school students within a two-year period, based on the results of the Search Institute Survey Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors.

As a response, the Logan County Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting Operation Street Smart for parents, grandparents, guardians, teachers and professionals starting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Bellefontaine High School Auditorium.

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