America’s Favorite, Weed, Comes with Big Health Risks
From Psychology Today
KEY POINTS
- Young adults and teens can develop an addiction to weed and become psychotic.
- Many people don’t know that regular marijuana use may carry serious health risks, especially for the young.
- No medication is FDA-approved for treating…
WATCH: Loudoun Co. Sheriff Mike Chapman talks scams, latest busts and D.A.R.E program
WASHINGTON (7News) — On 7News at noon we invited Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman to sit down with us to discuss the district’s latest crime initiatives and programs.
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Lakeview Elementary students trounce D.A.R.E. officers in game show competition
From Gillette News Record
The end of the school year can feel long and grueling. Summer break stares students in the face but before hitting their months-long vacation, they buckle down for a number of statewide tests and district-level exams. The culmination of a year…
PCA celebrates D.A.R.E. milestone
Pineywoods Community Academy students wore their D.A.R.E. shirts to school Thursday as the school marked the 41st anniversary of the creation of the program. Started in 1983, the “Drug Abuse Resistance Education” program, or D.A.R.E., was…
Building Relationships: How MPD’s D.A.R.E program seeks solutions to lower juvenile crime rates, drug use
From localmemphis.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — ABC24 is seeking solutions to problems in our city. During one of our Let’s Talk community listening sessions, one man shared his thoughts on kids and crime. He wrote a message that read, in part, “I wish there was a way to…
D.A.R.E. program returns to Hanover Area
From The Citizens’ Voice
Hanover Memorial Elementary School held an event Thursday to mark the return of the D.A.R.E. program for fifth grade students. Officer Stephanie Velazquez of Philadelphia, one the program’s lead mentors, attended and joined some of the…
Lafayette students celebrate first D.A.R.E. graduation in two decades
Nearly 100 Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy students celebrated what they learned in the parish’s first D.A.R.E. class in two decades. During the 10-week program, the sixth-grade students learned how to be safe, healthy and responsible…
102 students graduate from D.A.R.E. program in southern Harrison County, West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Students at Lost Creek Elementary and South Harrison Middle School celebrated their D.A.R.E. graduation on March 21, culminating a 10-week long program that the fifth- and sixth-graders successfully completed in…
D.A.R.E. Officer Training in Costa Rica
The country of Costa Rica is conducting a D.A.R.E. Officer Training April 15-26, 2024, and is led by the country’s training coordinator and class facilitator, Major Franklin Ruiz. Additionally. The training is being done in collaboration with three mentors from the...