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— The Ir-dcpcnde-M Pclt;ord. Helena. Mont.. Monday. 9. W*Teen drug programcoming to MontanaHAMILTON (APS - Ncillmest Toon Challenge — a euro 3nd prevention program (or persons hooked on drugs or alcohol — Is coming lo Montana. NTC organizers say.Missoula has been rJioson as an ideal place for a western Montana NTC center because “we have been all over the state and this Is one of two major hotbeds (or the problem, ” said David Torres. executive director al Seattle.NTC is a nonprofit. Christian work gioup with about 150 centers nationwide for handling drug abusers.Sdrw Eddie'' Campbell. G8, Corvallis, a Montana contact for the program, salt! Sunday the problem of drug addiction among voung people is something we need to do something about.SHF. SAID AN NTC center definitely is com-mg to Montana. Workers are looking in Missoula for a building to house the project for western Montana, and the program will begin when I lie center is established, she said.The center will cover the western part of the stale with outreach bases in area communities. An emergency iclcjibutie call-in system will be SCI up. along with coffeehouses where troubled young people may gather, she said. NTC workers are tc counsel youngsters and their parents 'There are (drug) problems all aver the state,-..even down into the grade schools ” she said. A cenlcr for eastern Montana may eventually he set up nl Croat Fall* or Billings, she saidOUTR EACH F.S MAY RF. established anywhere in the state. Mrs. Campbell said.AND NEW, BUT 3 YEARS OLDIf the people wnnl (the program!, they’re the nnes who've got to do suuicllnng nboul .1, she said.Centers and outeachcs always need food, dofhlng ar.d bedding fee youngsters trying to understand their lives site said.She described Ihe Northwest Teen Challenge as a “compass'onatc and thorough program. Its success rate In handling patients is vcrv high, she said — about So per cent.The NTC is aimed nl vculh but hns taken jxiticiits as old as 35. she said. “I don’t think lltev'd turn back anyone who really wanted to kick his habit.”The slnff is made up primarily of reformed drug addicts.• We will be sending an experience couple and some temporary staff until we car. find some permanent help iu the Montana area.” Torres said.WHY IS TilF.RE such a problem with alcohol and drugs among young people?“Misunderstanding. ” Mrs Campbell said. The children haven't got their heads on straight yet. and they fall In with the wrong crowd. The young peoplo are “emotionally insecure,” she said, and drugs for them car. bo like running away from IJieir emotional problems.Mrs Campbell said she became involved with llie program because ”1 want to leave something to teenagers — (hose from the gutters, everywhere...those who need goals and need homes and need to know Dial people care.”She has taken troubled girls from the Mineral County Welfare Department into her home and has ran a carp hr.me for the elderiv.nSHE SAID SHE WROTE to the author of a book on teennge drug problems, offering her assistance. ar.d he forwarded her letter to NTC organizers.“Unlil someone else comes along and says T want your job.’ and promises to work al it. I’m going to hang in (here, ’ Mrs. Campbell said.
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Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Mon, Aug 08, 1977
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