Source: wfpl.org - Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Drug overdoses deaths in Kentucky have been rising steadily since 2013, and this makes the task of reaching young people even more urgent for health and community advocates. That’s why on Tuesday, Jefferson County Public Schools, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation held a city-wide summit on opioids for 8th and 9th graders. It wasn’t quite the traditional “don’t do drugs” talk; instead, it featured a capella group Linkin’ Bridge and lots of personal stories from people — including members of Linkin’ Bridge — about drug use, and how it affected their lives. The message seemed to have sunk in for some, like 8th grader Avyon Douglas, who goes to Johnson Middle School. “I learned a lot, that drugs [are] really killing people and that we should try to spread the world and tell people to not do drugs,” she said. Lisa Gillespie | wfpl.org Torri Martin Torri Martin is a math teacher at The Brown School; she said drug prevention and education doesn’t get as much classroom time in schools as it used to. “When I was younger it was a conversation that we had a lot and I think that being ‘drug free,’ we haven’t felt the need to talk about it with our students as much,” Martin said. “Opioids are a completely different and much scarier addiction than the drugs when I was younger.” Other students said hearing directly from families affected by the opioid crisis meant more than classroom learning. “
Source: Breaking News
Drug overdoses deaths in Kentucky have been rising steadily since 2013, and this makes the task of reaching young people even more urgent for health and community advocates. That’s why on Tuesday, Jefferson County Public Schools, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation held a city-wide summit on opioids for 8th and 9th graders. It wasn’t quite the traditional “don’t do drugs” talk; instead, it featured a capella group Linkin’ Bridge and lots of personal stories from people — including members of Linkin’ Bridge — about drug use, and how it affected their lives. The message seemed to have sunk in for some, like 8th grader Avyon Douglas, who goes to Johnson Middle School. “I learned a lot, that drugs [are] really killing people and that we should try to spread the world and tell people to not do drugs,” she said. Lisa Gillespie | wfpl.org Torri Martin Torri Martin is a math teacher at The Brown School; she said drug prevention and education doesn’t get as much classroom time in schools as it used to. “When I was younger it was a conversation that we had a lot and I think that being ‘drug free,’ we haven’t felt the need to talk about it with our students as much,” Martin said. “Opioids are a completely different and much scarier addiction than the drugs when I was younger.” Other students said hearing directly from families affected by the opioid crisis meant more than classroom learning. “
Source: Breaking News
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