Turning Over a New Leaf

4-H's focus on solving social ills and reaching a new generation is sowing some seeds of discontent

The 4-H program to which Jocelyn Norman belongs is not teaching her how to raise livestock. Nor is she learning how to bake or sew or do any of the other activities that for decades have typified 4-H clubs around the country.

Instead, Ms. Norman, who is 16, is searching for ways to help rid Sandy Level, Va., of a vicious drug problem that has brought

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