Sidelko Comments in Story on Drinking
Lauri Sidelko, the director of UMaine’s Alcohol and Drug Education Programs (ADEP), was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about binge drinking in Maine. Sidelko
said ADEP uses the term high-risk drinking in order to better connect with students. The program teaches students to recognize their personal intolerance for alcohol and about the legal implications of underage drinking. She also told the BDN a two-year-old program at UMaine has a bystander intervention program called “I’ve Got Your Back.”
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