Middleboro is one of 38 communities in Massachusetts receiving a share of $4.5 million in federal funds to help curb youth substance abuse. Middleboro Youth Advocates, a group that includes parents, substance abuse agencies and members of local government, will get $100,000.

The Drug Free Communities Support Program is distributing the money in conjunction with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The program was created in 1997 as part of the Drug-Free Communities Act.

Source: The Enterprise, August 31, 2011