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House members and students discuss public-safety programs, DARE and local concerns about prostitution and substance abuse
Summary
Students raised concerns about prostitution, drugs and drunk driving; House members described past and potential public-safety programs, grant reliance, and leadership and funding challenges affecting program sustainability.
A group of students visiting the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives raised investigative findings about prostitution, drugs and drunk driving, and asked lawmakers how those issues are being addressed.
A student told representatives the class had pursued investigative reporting into "the obvious prostitution rings and other things going on within the CNMI," and asked for lawmakers’ thoughts on possible direct responses. The student asked whether the government could do more public education or direct interventions.
Representative Blas "BJ" Atau and other House…
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