The study outlines the high prevalence of substance abuse and dependence among adolescents and the promising results of a new tool that can help screen for this growing problem. The study was conducted by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School and is published in June issue of the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine.
This Internet-enriched audio webcast will feature live audio coupled with a still visual of the main speaker, the study's author. Reporters may "attend" the news conference via the Internet, phone lines or in person. Either way, they will be able to hear all that goes on at the news conference, see support materials and an interview with the researcher, and ask their own questions. Electronic access to the live news conference will be gained by visiting a web site (http://www.CRAFFT.org) that houses press releases and background materials on the research, including a videotaped interview with the study's primary author.
FOR REPORTERS ONLY: You may join the live, interactive news conference in person or
On the web at http://www.CRAFFT.com
On the phone at 800-219-6110 or 800-240-2134.
International callers should dial 303-262-2127 and ask for the "CRAFFT Conference."
All questions submitted will be answered at the news conference or within 24 hours by e-mail.
Parking for the news conference will be available in the Traffic Circle at the Main Entrance of Children's or in the Children's Hospital Patient and Family Garage, located across from the hospital's Main Entrance on the corner of Blackfan Street and Longwood
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Contact: Susan Craig
susan.craig@tch.harvard.edu
617-355-6420
Children's Hospital Boston
13-Jun-2002