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Date:12/12/2007

that often begins at home, highlighting the importance of informing parents of the need to appropriately discard medications past their period of intended use. Moreover, the survey found that the majority of the legal prescription drugs abused by teenagers were obtained from within their homes or from the homes of friends or relatives. For more information on the full report, visit: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/

About D.A.R.E. America

This year millions of school children around the world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.

http://www.dare.org

About PhRMA

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures. PhRMA members alone invested an estimated $43 billion in 2006 in discovering and developing new medicines. Industry-wide research and investment reached a record $55.2 billion in 2006.

http://www.phrma.org

About CHPA

CHPA is the 126-year-old trade association representing U.S. manufacturers and distributors of over-the-counter medicines and nutriti
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SOURCE PhRMA; D.A.R.E. Copyright©2007 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

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