Teens learn ways to help substance abusers
Photo credit: Newsday/Ed Betz | Dr. Michael Delmon speaks as, Outreach, the drug and alcohol treatment program, hosts a Regional Nassau/Suffolk Youth Forum that will bring teens and leaders from 50 Long Island groups together to talk about drugs, violence and the scarcity of positive alternatives, Feb. 3, 2012.
Seth Donnan, 16, sees classmates struggling with alcohol and drug abuse every school day at Hampton Bays High. Amanda Armstrong, 19, has watched a family member suffer from addiction.
Friday, the teenagers learned how to recognize the signs and offer help.
Donnan and Armstrong were among the 250 students and parents from Nassau and Suffolk counties who participated in the 2012 World...
