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Anti-Drug Programs.


Project ALERT, a widely used, research based drug prevention program in the nation's schools, has been designated exemplary by the U.S. Department of Education. The RAND-developed program was one of only nine recommended for its quality and effectiveness.

Project ALERT, which stands for Adolescent ad·o·les·cent
adj.
Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence.

n.
A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager.
 Learning Experiences in Resistance Training, was developed in the mid- mid-
pref.
Middle: midbrain. 
1980s and more than half a million middle school students have taken the classes.

Materials and training are disseminated disseminated /dis·sem·i·nat·ed/ (-sem´i-nat?ed) scattered; distributed over a considerable area.

dis·sem·i·nat·ed
adj.
Spread over a large area of a body, a tissue, or an organ.
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Title Annotation:service by the Department of Education
Publication:School Administrator
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Date:Oct 1, 2001
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