School Brings In Motivational Speaker To Fight Drug Problem
December 17, 2007
School administrators in a Dallas suburb brought in a motivational speaker from Ohio to talk to students and parents about how to fight back against drugs.
Motivational speaker Alfred “Coach” Powell addressed students and parents about the dangers of drugs.
“One of the things we don’t do is chemically manipulate our bodies, minds, spirits — are you with me?” he said.
Earlier this month, three Cedar Hill students were hospitalized after taking a prescription drug. Principal Delsenna Frazier said the incident was a “wake-up call that there is a need we really need to address in our community.” The girls were not students that “fit the description,” she said.
“We’re dealing with a very real issue of something that is sometimes available over the counter, or that you already have at home,” Superintendent Horace Williams said.
Two weeks ago, three ninth-grade girls took the prescription sleep aid Ambien and were rushed to the hospital. They now attend an alternative school.
Two other girls were arrested for giving them the drug and face felony charges. They were expelled from the school.
“I was actually really quite surprised because I never saw it coming,” ninth-grade student David Offor said. “Nobody in the school, I think, saw it coming.”
Source: NBC5i.com
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