Introducing…STAND, SCCUDD’s Youth Group
Schuyler County teens have formed STAND to implement the drug free prevention programs planned at the Lead and Seed training held in the spring. STAND, or Schuyler Teens against Alcohol, Nicotine, and other Drugs includes students who attended the training, as well as other teens from both Odessa Montour and Watkins Glen School Districts. The group hopes to implement one community drug prevention program this summer; Prevention Post Up and a school prevention strategy; Operation Bracelet in the fall. It has also been great to see several of our current or past 4-H youth participate in STAND; they continue to demonstrate the 4-H’s of the clover Head, Heart, Health and Hands in our community.
Please visit http://www.schuylercounty.us/SCCUDD for additional information on STAND, an overview of SCCUDD, and general information on what activities the Coalition is involved in.
Myth: Adults drink, so kids should be able to drink too.
FACT: A young person’s brain and body are still growing. Drinking alcohol can cause learning problems or lead to adult alcoholism. People who begin drinking by age 15 are five times more likely to abuse or become dependent on alcohol than those who begin drinking after age 20.
Myth: Alcohol isn’t as harmful as other drugs.
FACT: Alcohol increases your risk for mandy deadly diseases, such as cancer. Drinking too much can lead to alcohol poisening which can kill.
Locally our students in 7th through 12th grade participated in the PRIDE Survey indicating that parental disapproval really does have an impact.