Contest winners understand need for teen drug use awareness

To help raise awareness about prescription drug misuse among adolescents, the Coalition for Healthy Communities of Middlesex County orchestrated its annual Be Smart About Medicine poster contest. Winners include Mandee Dong from Carteret Middle School, Shiven Dhruv from Crossroads Middle School South in South Brunswick and Doris Lee from Sayreville Middle School. Pictured are Paul Grzella, former general manager/editor for the Courier News/Home News Tribune, left to right, Mandee, Shiven, Doris, and Ezra Helfand, executive director at Wellspring Center for Prevention.