GROUPS OFFER PARENTS DRUG, ALCOHOL PREVENTION.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: CHRIS STURGIS - Staff writer

Organizations in Schenectady County are sponsoring a nationally known program for parents concerned about youngsters' substance abuse.

The Niskayuna Community Action Program, the Schenectady Municipal Housing Authority and the Schenectady County Council on Alcoholism are the major forces bringing the PRIDE Parent to Parent program to Schenectady County.

Margaret Brennan, chairwoman of NCAP's substance abuse committee, said she wanted to sponsor a preventive program because she has seen the damage that drugs and drinking can do.

Brennan works for the Council on Alcoholism of Schenectady County and …