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Prevention group tells Vernon board nicotine, potent cannabis remain risks despite lower overall youth use
Summary
Tina Awey, director of prevention at the Center for Prevention and Counseling, told the Vernon Township Board of Education on March 20 that youth substance use has trended downward overall but that the products being used now are “more dangerous than they've ever been.”
Tina Awey, director of prevention at the Center for Prevention and Counseling, told the Vernon Township Board of Education on March 20 that youth use of substances in Sussex County has “trended downward” overall but that the products being used now are “more dangerous than they've ever been.”
Awey said prevention work aims to delay the first use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana because early use raises the risk of later problems. “Our job as prevention specialists is to delay the onset of use for as long as possible,” she said.
Awey and agency colleagues warned about counterfeit pills and high‑potency cannabis: they said law enforcement has found fentanyl in many pills seized nationally and that THC…
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