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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     
CONTACT: Wanda Boone 
Durham  Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) 
919-491-7811 
DurhamNCTRY at aol.com 
Youth Host Historic Community Town  Hall Briefings on Substance Abuse  Issues 
When: March 6, 2008  from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 
Where: Durham  Public School Staff  Development Center 2107 Hillandale Rd., 
Durham,  NC (CAFETERIA)   
TRY was selected as one of 350 youth groups representing 49 states,  taking 
part in local Community Briefings as part of the national Take It Back  youth 
movement. We encourage all concerned citizens to attend and learn more  about 
substance abuse issues that impact their community.  
Take it Back is a national, youth-directed movement to reduce alcohol  
problems, driven by facts like these: 
•         8 million adolescents from ages 12 to 17 drank  alcohol in the past 
year.1 
•         Adolescents who used alcohol drank an average of 4.6  drinks per 
day.1 
•         Each day, more than 5,400 kids in the United  States under age 16 
take their first  drink.2 
•         More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18 to  24 are victims 
of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.3 
Alcohol use, is the single most important health issue facing young  people 
today. At our briefing, youth will present data collected about their own  
community and present it. They will also identify key issues they will be  working 
on in the future based on the research they found. 
Penny Norton, Director of FACE – Resources, Training & Action on  Alcohol 
Issues states, “Never before have youth been empowered on a national  level to 
voice their concerns about an issue that affects them in so many  devastating 
ways. FACE is proud to sponsor these youth groups who are unafraid  to tell the 
truth about what is going on in their communities regarding the use  and 
misuse of alcohol.” 
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1 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 
_http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/youthFacts/youth.cfm_ (http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/youthFacts/youth.cfm)  
2 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 
_http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUHlatest.htm_ (http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUHlatest.htm)  
3 Hingson et. al., 2005, 
_http://www.utakeitback.org/Issue/Statistics/index.html_ (http://www.utakeitback.org/Issue/Statistics/index.html)  




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