Article: Upper Bucks teens help teens avoid drugs: Students also use survey to show it's normal not to drink.

Byline: Genevieve Marshall

Oct. 24--The students at Pennridge High School who drink are not the norm, but Andrea Guevara sees why it's hard to believe that not everyone drinks alcohol at parties. The sophomore from Telford is on her high school's student council and part of a "street team" of 20 students trying to spread the word that it actually is normal not to drink, despite the pervasive attitude that everyone is doing it. The Upper Bucks Communities Healthy Youth Coalition surveyed almost 3,000 middle and high school students from Pennridge, Palisades and Quakertown Community school districts in 2005 and 2006. Eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders answered ...

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