Ray Bauer was the principal of Milford High School in Ohio. He cared so deeply about students that he even worried when they sat alone during lunch. Bauer passed away suddenly last August, but not before starting the Coalition for a Drug Free Milford-Miami Township.

"Since Bauer's sudden death in August the coalition, which is composed of local officials, students and school administrators, has continued to meet and recently launched a campaign designed to show teens and pre-teens that underage drinking isnt as prevalent as they might believe," area newspaper The Community Press reported

Studies have found that 77 percent of teenagers don't drink -- and these students are the coalition's focus, the paper reported. The group has passed out flyers, is making t-shirts and wristbands to promote its message, and is developing sixth-grade-level curriculum about alcohol abuse and prevention.

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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.

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