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NATION’S LEADING PREVENTION RESEARCHERS TO RELEASE NEW FINDINGS
ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE AMONG COLLEGE KIDS, ECSTACY AND HIV, TEEN DRINKING & DRIVING, OBESITY AND ADOLESCENTS, AND OTHER CHALLENGES

Leading researchers in prevention science will meet May 25-27, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (400 New Jersey Avenue, NW) in Washington, D.C. to release new research on many topics, including how college students get and use prescription drugs; how the use of the drug Ecstasy can increase sexual encounters and HIV risk; why teenagers let their friends drink and drive; and what adolescents think about food choices in the school in the face of obesity.

The 2005 annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research (www.preventionresearch.org) will also present innovative ways that prevention programs can be implemented by schools; local, state and federal agencies; community organizations; advocacy groups; physicians and counselors.

More than 275 researchers will present the latest findings of their work on prevention science, answering questions such as:

WHEN:	May 25-27, 2005
WHERE:	Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue (Capitol Hill), N.W., Washington, D.C.
WHO:	David Hawkins, PhD, President, Society for Prevention Research

The Society for Prevention Research is an international organization focused on the advancement of science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical research. The membership of the organization includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators and policymakers who are concerned with the prevention of social, physical and mental health problems and the promotion of health, safety and well being.