Addison Hosts Alcohol and Drug Awareness Day

The Cobb County Alcohol and Drug Awareness Day was sponsored by the Judges of the Cobb State Court.

Addison Elementary School recently hosted Cobb County's Alcohol and Drug Awareness Day. The program not only taught students about drugs and alcohol, but also about the severe consequences to poor choices. Activities for the students ranged from speakers, puppet shows, a juggler, and hands on experiences seeing police cars and the bomb squad's robots. Several Cobb County departments participated in the event including Cobb Firefighter Dennis Rucker, Cobb Police Sergeant Dana Pierce, Cobb Manager's Executive Assistant Judy Skeel, Communications Director Robert Quigley, Principal Karen Crowder and Cobb State Court Director Frank Baker.

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Lassiter PTSA Red 'e' Campaign

Lassiter's PTSA encourages parents and the community to participate in the Red 'e' Campaign by learning what you can do to help teens abstain from drugs and alcohol.

By Lassiter High School PTSA The legal drinking age throughout the United States is 21, but according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, almost 80 percent of high school students have tried alcohol. When people drink alcohol, it's absorbed into their bloodstream. From there, it affects the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), which controls virtually all body functions. Because experts now know that the human brain is still developing during our teens, scientists are researching the effects drinking alcohol can have on the teen brain. When teens take their first drink, they have no intentions of becoming alcohol abusers or alcoholics. Studies show that the younger you are when you start drinking, the …

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Pipes for Sale in Gas Station

Who knew a convenience store could be so inconvenient for good parenting?

On my way to the East Marietta Library, I stopped at the Citgo gas station across the street. As I walked into the store, a glass display immediately caught my attention. It was filled with brightly colored glass containers. After staring for a moment, I realized they were not glass objects children needed to be feasting their eyes upon. My first thought was "You can't be serious!" As a mother of two school-age children, I was appalled. They couldn't really be selling drug paraphernalia in plain sight at a gas station, could they? How is this even legal? It is actually 100 percent legal until someone puts an illegal substance in the device. On the shelf was also Zan-X, which is known to provide "legal highs," as overdosing on it causes …

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