Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention – At the 2011 National 4-H Conference hundreds of youth from across the country came together to discuss issues and topics they were interested in affecting. In partnership with SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) youth learned about prescription drug abuse and identified gaps in current prevention efforts. The group of 16 delegates came up with potential solutions that the 4-H program can implement to help prevent prescription drug abuse and presented this information to administrators at SAMHSA on April 6th, 2011.

N.J. school drug–abuse prevention group in conflict with national D.A.R.E. program

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The New Jersey chapter of the country's largest drug-abuse prevention program for schoolchildren is in jeopardy of losing its charter in a dispute over a national curriculum it says is unproved. The state chapter of Drug Abuse Resistance Education …
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Former Miss Utah USA to deliver lecture on substance abuse prevention

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Mayor's Coalition on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs has invited the public to a lecture on substance abuse prevention. The Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series talk will be delivered by Miss Utah USA 2007 and substance abuse …
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