More Needs to Be Done to Stop Drugs

Published October 24, 2013

More needs to be done to stop drugs
That's where education and treatment must play larger roles. “Education is necessary to keep them from even starting the heroin and other drugs, which we are a part of through the DARE program and prevention resource officers in the schools,” Marano said.
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The report cites a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse surveying drug usage among U.S. high school students from 1975-2011, which found that white students were actually more likely to have abused an illegal substance than black students. Yet …
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Crime Watch to host Halloween fundraiser for DARE
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program is an international education program designed to prevent the use of controlled drugs, gang membership and violent behavior among youth. Walla Walla County Sheriff's Deputy Ian Edwards currently teaches …
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