Making Headlines
KIDS AND TEENS TO JOIN DURHAM BASEBALL TEAM IN 2009 AS “JUNIOR BULLS”
For immediate Release
DURHAM, NC – Partnership for a Drug-Free NC and Durham Bulls Baseball are teaming up to offer a new way to cheer on the Bulls in a new season by creating the “Junior Bulls.”
The goal of the program is to introduce youth to positive role models who empower them with the courage to live a healthy lifestyle, including the choice to refuse drugs.
NEW FINDINGS: PARENTS UNDERESTIMATE LINK
BETWEEN SCHOOL STRESS AND DRUG USE
Back-to-school parental communication campaign
focuses on text messaging
For immediate Release
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – According to the 2007 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), 73 percent of teens report school stress is the primary reason for drug use. The study shows parents, however, are alarmingly unaware, as only 7 percent believe teens use drugs and alcohol to cope with stress.
“Back to school is a stressful time,” states Bert Wood, CEO of Partnership for a Drug-Free NC. “Parents should support and communicate with their children about healthful ways to deal with stress. Reach out and touch them the same way they communicate with their friends. Now is the ‘time to talk or text’.”
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METH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM
TO START IN PIEDMONT TRIAD
For immediate Release
North Carolina Atty. Gen., WSPD, and Mayor Allen Joines endorse program citing need for meth reduction in the state.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Partnership for a Drug-Free NC, North Carolina Attorney General, Roy Cooper, the Winston-Salem Police Department, and Winston-Salem Mayor, Allen Joines have announced a new methamphetamine education and awareness program called Meth360.
The course is part of a Partnership for a Drug-Free North Carolina and Drug-Free America initiative designed to raise awareness of and reduce the demand for methamphetamine.
