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Law enforcement, schools and mediation center launch Chatham County youth fentanyl-prevention program
Summary
Law enforcement, the school district and a local mediation center described an active program that trains high school students to deliver fentanyl- and peer-pressure-prevention messages to younger students across Chatham County.
An unnamed staff member who has worked in drug law enforcement described a new countywide program to teach middle-school students about the risks of fentanyl and give them tools to resist peer pressure and cyber-enabled drug access.
The initiative, developed in partnership with Chatham Narcotics and a local mediation center, began as a pilot and is now an active program. The presenter said the program aims "to be able to get with this program to every middle schooler in Chatham County" and emphasized youth-to-youth messaging, noting, "...they look up to [high school students], and so that they're gonna receive that message far better…
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