Flavored Tobacco Use Among Teens
Teens and young adults are using flavored tobacco at an alarming rate, which is much higher than other age groups. Flavored tobacco has become more enticing than traditional cigarettes, vapes,
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Underage Drinking Facts: How Serious is Underage Drinking for Our Teens?
Alcohol Use in Early Teens Peer pressure is nothing new. You can most likely remember the first time you were pressured into making a choice you knew you shouldn’t. Some
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High school students have a lot of pressure on them throughout the school day. They may be feeling stressed and just plain out done by the time the dismissal bell
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Vaping
JUUl, vapes, vape pens – there’s a variety of terminology thrown around but they all mean the same thing: e-cigarettes. No matter what term you hear being used, they’re all
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What in the heck is going on with this drug “epidemic”? What’s causing all of this stuff we hear about skyrocketing drug use, overdoses, and heroin addiction? Watch at least
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About a year ago, my sister-in-law told me a story. She was watching one of her favorite cooking and traveling shows. The words that ended the Colombia episode made her
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Hi, my name is Angie. I have a teenage daughter and I have been working with DFCA for 11 years now. All of this has shown me how really, (really,
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FBI CJIS Division Presents Director’s Community Leadership Award to Drug Free Clubs of America
FBI CJIS Division Presents Director’s Community Leadership Award to Drug Free Clubs of America On Thursday, February 2, 2017, the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division presented the Harrison
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Nonprofits to pitch goals and strategies to the public at SVP’s Fast Pitch
Nonprofits to pitch goals and strategies to the public at SVP’s Fast Pitch On March 1, 10 area nonprofits will compete for $30,000 in award money at Social Venture Partners’ fourth annual Fast Pitch
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Ohio Valley University, Boys and Girls Club of Parkersburg team with anti-drug initiative
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel (Photo Provided: Ben Shuman, Parkersburg Boys and Girls Club executive director, left, Boys and Girls Club board member Dave Lewis, center, and Rotary’s Drug Free
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Chillicothe Gazette By Chris Balusik CHILLICOTHE — Since its inception earlier this year, it seems like a ray of light has been shining on efforts to get the My Attitude
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Chillicothe Gazette By Chris Balusik CHILLICOTHE — Culture is everything when it comes to drumming up interest in the Drug Free Clubs of America initiative and creating that culture appears
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