Scared Sober
UAB officials hope a new hospital/county government program will shock teens away from drug and alcohol abuse.
READY (Realistic Education on Alcohol and Drugs for Youth) features a night in the emergency room and a graphic slide show prepared by the local coroners office for teen alcohol and drug offenders.
"This is designed to educate teens and shock them a little," says UAB emergency medicine physician Kurt Denninghoff, M.D. medical director of READY. "We hope to break through the typical teenage attitude of 'It can't happen to me' with the realization that injury or death from using drugs and alcohol can and does happen all too frequently."
Participants will be followed to measure the impact of the program.
Contact Bob Shepard, Media Relations, 205-934-8934 or [email protected].
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