WAKE UP! Campaign Against Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

Published October 16, 2013

WAKE UP! Campaign Against Teen Prescription Drug Abuse – Illegal street drugs get a lot of attention, but over the past ten years, abuse of prescription drugs has become a growing problem, especially among teenager…

Essential Albums: PUP's Five Albums Parents Just Don't Understand

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This was our first plunge into music that parents didn't approve of, especially due to its glorification of violence, drug abuse, and crime. But we loved it. Also, “Forgot About Dre” is an impressive karaoke move. Dr. Dre – Forgot About Dre Ft. Eminem …
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Yorktown, Croton Students Honored for Community Service

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Another award recipient, Michaela Turturro, has also been chosen by her local police youth officer to be a DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) role model. In that role, she mentors eighth-graders with questions about life in high school. … In the …
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Putnam CAP hosts 'Walk in My Shoes' poverty simulation program

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Families faced challenges such as unemployment, child-care, lack of transportation, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, homelessness, single parent households, and even grandparents raising their grandchildren. One of the major roadblocks faced by the families …
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