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NIDA's Creative Challenge

http://teens.drugabuse.gov/new_media/video.php

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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsGRlgl64tU

Check out this video to learn more about the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) PEERx Creative Challenge. Teens can enter for a chance to win a cash prize. They just need to creatively answer the challenge question to raise awareness among their peers about the dangers and effects of abusing prescription drugs.

NIDA Painkillers: Get Back in the Game---Use Painkillers Safely.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2M3CxmJggs

NIDA Scientists Dr. Cindy Miner and Dr. Joni Rutter play softball with some of their young friends and talk about the safe use of prescription painkillers. http://teens.drugabuse.gov/new_media/... Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.newmedia.hhs.gov/comment_p...

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