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Reports that the Tucson, Arizona-based Tucson Public Library has entered in an agreement with a Matrix, a drug information organization, in an eight-week series of drug abuse seminars for parents and other adults concerned about drug abuse. Topics to be covered in the seminars; Session on behavior modification; Review of resources in the community ready to help people to deal with drug and alcohol abuse.

The article looks at a group of sixth graders from Boulder Creek High School in Anthem, Arizona, who helped to get a drug-education bill passed in Arizona state legislature. The reaction of local business leaders to a video made by the students is discussed.

Provides information on Project Seventh Grade, a program developed by Arizona school officials to educate parents on how to recognize signs of teen drug use. Results of a survey regarding the attitude of parents toward student drug testing; Details of the program; Suggested steps for planning a Project Seventh Grade meeting for parents.