Teen drug use discussed
Area health officials to host forum on teen drug use
Local parents are encouraged to attend an upcoming forum titled Understand and Address Drug & Alcohol Abuse Among Teens.
Keynote speaker Jon Daily from Recovery Happens Counseling Services in Sacramento will address the most recent insights, interventions and changing trends related to drug use among teens, according to a Butte County Partners4Health press release. Other speakers will include Trisha Seastrom of Chico State’s Campus Alcohol & Drug Education Center and representatives from Marsh Junior High School’s Kids Leading Everyone Against Nicotine (KLEAN) program, which will provide information on increasingly popular e-cigarettes and vaping devices.
The event will be held on Tuesday, May 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Colusa Hall on Chico State’s campus. Entry is free; call Butte County Public Health’s Raúl Raygoza at 538-6109 or email rraygoza@buttecounty.net to RSVP.
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