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Drug Prevention Resources

For Communities, Parents and Schools

Families Protected by Healthcare Professionals Drug Prevention Outreach

By Norma Norris | June 18, 2010

Behavioral Health Central – June 18, 2010 Published on BehavioralHealthCentral.com By Norma Norris, Executive Director CANDLE, Inc. Caption: Dr. Jeffrey David, OB/GYN, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, played role of grieving father in original Butler Reality Tour. Every medical professional witnesses the effects of addiction on patients. Many agonize how addiction destroys families, fuels crime, changes … Read more

Students Stand Against Drugs

By Norma Norris | May 2, 2010

Butler Eagle – May 2, 2010 They display their pledge on T-shirts About 250 sixth grade students at Mars Centennial School and 150 sixth grade students at Buffalo and South Buffalo elementary schools made a pledge to be drug-free in a unique manner. Each of the students was given an “I Promise” T-shirt designed by … Read more

“Reality Tour” Exposes Teens to Reality of Substance Abuse

By Norma Norris | February 19, 2010

Behavioral Health Central – February 19, 2010 By Dennis Miller, BHC Senior Writer Classroom lectures, assembly-hall speeches and informational brochures can give teens the facts on drug and alcohol use, but fall short of offering a direct, realistic and emotional experience of drug abuse’s often devastating consequences. The interactive educational experience called Reality Tour® is designed … Read more

Reality Tour focuses on drug addiction

By Norma Norris | January 27, 2010

The Times Leader – January 27, 2010 By Rory Sweeney Staff Writer WEST PITTSTON – Without actually dying from a drug overdose, students from Wyoming Area and Greater Pittston Area school districts experienced what might be the next closest thing on Monday evening. About a year ago, Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Services, Inc. purchased … Read more

Program about drugs shows consequences

By Norma Norris | February 21, 2008

The Record Herald – February 21, 2008 By Denise Bonura Chambersburg, Pa. – Did you know that 40 percent of high school students think it’s OK to try heroin? Did you know that one in five eighth-graders has already tried marijuana? Did you know that the average age a person starts using drugs these days … Read more

Reality Tour gives families spin through short life of a heroin addict

By Norma Norris | August 7, 2005

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 2005 Babs Stewart of Butler doesn’t need a tour of the county jail to know the harsh realities of a drug arrest.  She doesn’t need an explanation of the booking process, the strip searches, the delousing. Stewart needs only to look to her immediate family. Stewart’s 19-year old son is addicted; he’s … Read more