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Red Ribbon Week activities
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Salem High School peer counselors get in the spirit of Red Ribbon Week, a drug prevention program, by invoking the old adage a picture is worth 1,000 words. The project was the brainchild of counselor Dr. Cynthia Morton who had a totaled car placed in front of the school with changing shifts of students made up as crash victims to show an extreme outcome of a bad decision. Respect yourself, dont do drugs. Were trying to get the message across that this can really happen, said senior Nandi Jacobs. This years Red Ribbon theme is I am Drug Free. Lock your meds. to remind parents to safeguard prescription drugs and alcohol in their homes. - photo by Jessica Smith
This week is Red Ribbon Week around the country, and Rockdale is getting in on the awareness campaign. This year’s Red Ribbon theme is “I am Drug Free. Lock your meds,” to remind parents to safeguard prescription drugs and alcohol in their homes.