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WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT, WINSTON-SALEM DASH AND DRUG-FREE NC TO PROVIDE NEW SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD), Winston-Salem Dash baseball club, and Partnership for a Drug-Free NC will team up to offer substance abuse prevention to Winston-Salem and its surrounding communities. The partnership represents the first of its kind in the country.
WSPD, DRUG-FREE NC, AND FINNEGAN’S WAKE TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE DRINKING THROUGH DESIGNATED DRIVER INCENTIVES
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC - At least one person is killed every day in North Carolina in an alcohol-related car wreck. Only about one out of 100 drunk drivers is caught. In 2008 one person was arrested every hour for driving under the influence.
The Winston-Salem Police Department, Drug-Free NC, and Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub will begin partnering Thursday May 14th, to offer safe and sober driving messages in downtown Winston-Salem through table top messages and designated driver incentives.
Click here to watch the Fox 8 news coverage; click here to watch the WXII news coverage
Learn more about implementing low-risk consumption guidelines; click here to read about the Domino Strategy.
PARENTS AWARE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG DANGERS, BUT PREVENTATIVE ACTION LAGS
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The Partnership for a Drug-Free America and Partnership for a Drug-Free NC announced today 20 percent of teens admit to abusing prescription drugs.
The 14th annual Parents Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) reports the abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medication is an increasingly entrenched behavior.
Conversely, though, the study shows parents are much more aware of the dangers of these medications. The number of parents who mistakenly believe abusing prescription medication is "much safer" dropped by nearly half since 2007 from 19 to 10 percent.
NEW STUDY SHOWS TEEN METH USE DOWN 25%; PARENTS AND MEDIA PROVE EFFECTIVE IN DELIVERING ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC -The Partnership for a Drug-Free America and Partnership for a Drug-Free NC announced today teen methamphetamine use is down a marked 25% in the last three years.
The 20th Annual Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) found teen attitudes corroborate this drop with 85% reporting they see great risk “getting hooked on meth.” Another 54% believe trying the drug even once is “very risky.”