Teens Raise Their Voice about Rising Drug Use

OR STATION WAGON. NO WORD ON THE EXTENT OF THE INURIES TO THE BIKER. A LOCAL RACE GAINING NATIONAL ATTENTION. ELISE STEFANIK REBUT'S THE PRESIDENT'S WEEKLY ADDRESS AS THE RACE FOR NEW YORK'S 21ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HEATS UP. AND TEENS SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE GROWING *** PROBLEM IN THE REGION. HEAR FROM THE CONCERNED STUDENTS IN OUR LIVE REPORT COMING UP IN JUST A MOMENT... GOOD EVENING... AND WELCOME TO NEWS CHANNEL FIVE AT TEN... I'M JARRED HILL... MORE ON THOSE TOP STORIES IN A MOMENT... BUT HERE'S GIB BROWN WITH A PREVIEW OF THE FORECAST. Right now Not the best of Saturdays with cool and rainy conditions most of the day. Now 55 and light rain. Winds are NW at 12 mph Regional Temperatures Mainly in the 50s across the region with lots of clouds and showers. Cool spots are SLK at 45 and MSS at 51 Stormtracker 5000 Showers concentrated across the Champlain Valley and eastward. Showers are coming to an end over northern New York. Wide shot showers circulation around an area of low pressure in the eastern Great Lakes. Yes, that is snow falling across northern Lake Superior. Showers will lift northward later tonight with a promising forecast for Sunday. Forecast coming up. THE CONGRESSIONAL snow falling across northern Lake Superior. Showers will lift northward later tonight with a promising forecast for Sunday. Forecast coming up. THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN AARON WOOLF AND ELISE STEFANIK IS HEATING UP ... AND NOW -- IT'S GAINING NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHOSE STEFANIK TO GIVE THE CONSERVATIVE REBUTTAL TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WEEKLY ADDRESS TODAY ... AS ANALYSTS TELL US...THE MOVE SHOWS JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE DISTRICT IS TO WASHINGTON... WPTZ'S VANESSA MISCIAGNA HAS MORE - obama hi everybody THE PRESIDENT'S WEEKY ADDRESS.. OBAMA im at princeton steel in lousiana IT'S SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY SEVEN DAYS. THIS HOWEVER... ELISE hi im elise stefanik IS NOT. harvey this is really an honor... And shows that the national party is very interested in winning this district back ELISE STEFANIK WAS CHOSEN BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO GIVE THE CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE TO OBAMA'S ADDRESS. WHILE THE PRESIDENT PRAISED THE LOWERED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND SHOWED SUPPORT FOR RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE... STEFANIK TALKED IMPROVING THE ECONOMY BY SIMPLIFYING THE TAX CODE AND REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT... elise these are common sense steps we can take to get government out of the way and put the american dream back with in reach for all americans WHAT MAKES THIS RARE, IS THAT STEFANIK, LIKE HER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT AARON WOOLF, WHO IS VYING FOR THE SAME POSTITION, HOLDS NO POSITION... SHE'S ONLY A CANDIDATE... AND ANALYSTS SAY THE CHOICE SHOWS HOW MUCH REPUBLICANS ARE INTERESTED IN THE 21ST DISTRICT... HARVEY theyre interested in maintainign their majority and expanding their majority. This district really bothers them because they feel obama took away their republican candiate john mccue and they lost the district for three elections SUNY PLATTSBUGH POLICAL SCIENCE CHAIRMAN HARVEY SCHANTZ SAYS THAT THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT DOESN'T OVERWHELMINGL Y LEAN TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AND THAT THERE IS NO IMCUMBANT MAKES IT DESIRABLE TO THE MAJOR PARTIES... HARVEY with no incimbant, the national mood is a much bigger factor in a district than if there was already an incumbant in the seat elise and everyday I will fight for a better future for the hard working families of ny's 21st district EVEN WITH THE HELP OF THE REPUBLICANS... WITHOUT CLEAR, ONE SIDED SUPPORT FOR EITHER CANDIDATE, BOTH STEFANIK AND WOOLF WILL HAVE TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT FOR A SEAT IN CONGRESS UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSE... IN PLATTS, VM, WPTZ NC5 YOU CAN COUNT ON WPTZ FOR COMMITMENT ELECTION COVERAGE. WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE RACES INTO NOVEMBER. GET IT ALL HERE ON AIR AND ON LINE AT WPTZ DOT COM. TEENS IN VERMONT GATHERED TONIGHT TO SPEAK OUT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AGAINST VERMONT'S GROWING DRUG PROBLEM. WPTZ'S RACHEL KARCZ WAS AT THE EVENT AND JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE.. RACHEL? - TONIGHT, THE MESSAGE FROM VERMONT TEENS WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR. THEY WANT TO SEE ACTION TAKEN ON WHAT THEY SAY IS A GROWING DRUG PROBLEM IN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE. FOR TONIGHT'S FIRST ARTIST... THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS IS PERSONAL. my dad is a recovering addict, so I know what it feels like to go through all of that. HE SAYS WHILE HIS FATHER'S DRUG USE WASN'T AS BAD AS MOST ...DRUGS CAN MAKE GROWING UP ON THE RIGHT PATH REALLY DIFFICULT. to be honest, it's kind of hard, because it can affect you many different ways, it can affect your social life, it can affect your job. TONIGHT'S EVENT AIMS TO GIVE TEENS A CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR