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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Budget Cuts Suspend Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Program in Ohio County

Necessary budgetary reductions in Knox County, Ohio, have forced suspension of the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program that has been operating there for more than a decade, the Mount Vernon News has reported:
For more than 15 years, DARE deputies have provided substance abuse and violence resistance training to elementary, middle and high school students throughout Knox County ...

[Knox County Sheriff David] Barber told the News on Tuesday that although the deputies interact with and provide positive role models to thousands of youths each year, the budget reductions mandated by county commissioners forced him to make operational changes ...

DARE deputies Scott Baker and Chuck Statler will be reassigned to the Patrol Division in an effort to help eliminate overtime and control budgetary spending.

Labels: prevention, ohio, drug_abuse

Posted By: Aspen/CRC

Comments:

debora on 8/27/2010
There should be NO budget cuts for adolescents, they are the future! They are already getting the idea that the medical marijuana card will enable them to smoke freely and who wants that person doing any kind of work? NOT I!