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Mt. Abe students aim to curb risky behavior

Posted on November 28, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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BRISTOL — Local teenagers are taking risky business into their own hands, aiming to rein in teen substance abuse and other hazardous behaviors.

After the Vermont Department of Health earlier this month released the results of this year’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) — a biennial look at everything from teen sex to bullying — a taskforce of Mount Abraham Union middle and high school students spent a day analyzing the Bristol school’s results.

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Survey examines sex, drug and health risks to local teens

Posted on November 14, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



ADDISON COUNTY — How many local teenagers drink and drive? How many Addison County high school students have had sex? Of that number, what percentage used a condom? Do middle school students really consider suicide?

These are just some of the questions that a statewide risk survey has sought to answer for more than a decade.

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