Four Youth Council kids are between UPC President Lisa Adler on the left and UPC Youth Coordinator Samara Kimmelman on the right

MAKING NEWS:

Four UPC Youth Council members are featured in a national video of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). The students attended the news conference announcing results of the 2012 Monitoring the Future survey Dec. 19 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The youth, invited by NIDA, were interviewed after the event for their reaction to the survey results.

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• Monitoring the Future Survey, Overview of Findings 2012
• Monitoring the Future | View Video
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• Teen video featuring UPC Youth Council members

MEETING TOP OFFICIALS: Members of the UPC Youth Council talked after the press conference with Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and R. Gil Kerklikowske, director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

 
ON CAMERA: UPC Youth Council members were interviewed after the NIDA press conference for a NIDA video.

Members of the UPC Youth Council talked after the press conference with Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and R. Gil Kerklikowske, director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.