A group of students recently gathered for Putnam County's (New York) first Communities That Care Youth Summit. The purpose of the summit was for adults to gather information and suggestions from students about how to prevent substance abuse and drug use among young people.

"One group wanted the schools to alternate hosting family dinner nights. Another wanted community service to be rewarded with free movie tickets or passes to amusement parks. A third group wanted the community to build a recreation center complete with an arcade, a swimming pool, computers and miniature golf."

Janeen Cunningham, deputy director of the Youth Bureau believes that it's time the adults started asking young people for their input about ways to curb teen drug and alcohol abuse and taking it seriously. Read more at TheJournalNews.com.

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