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Helping
our Children Avoid Drugs and Alcohol
The
Health Unit along with the Smiths Falls
FOCUS Coalition sponsored the Racing Against
Drugs Program and brought it to Smiths Falls
in April 2000. Racing Against Drugs is a
drug and alcohol prevention program
developed by the R.C.M.P. and the former
London Board of Education. Since car racing
has zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol
use, the theme of race-car driving is used.
Students visited several quick and
interactive “Pit Stops”, delivered by
community partners, to receive a message
about drug, alcohol and injury prevention.
These community partners included Smiths
Falls Police Services, Brockville Police
Services, O.P.P. (Eastern Region), Smiths
Falls Fire Department, Smiths Falls District
Ambulance Services, Tri-County Addictions
Services, Correctional Services, Lanark
County Brain Injury Association, and the
R.C.M.P. Approximately 2,500 area Grade 5
and 6 students attended this 4 day event.
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Approximately
2,500 area Grade 5 and 6 students attended
this 4 day event.
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