Preliminary findings of HLP student survey unveiled

Alcohol and marijuana use is more prevalent than the use of harmful legal products, such as over-the-counter medicines and inhalants used to get high, among the Wrangell students that participated in a survey late last year.

The student survey is part of the Harmful Legal Product Prevention Project (HLP) by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) and Alaska nonprofit Akeela. The surveys are being conducted in other rural communities throughout Alaska, and will help determine if the project’s adapted model for community prevention of HLPs is effective. Along with the student su...