A new drug prevention initiative has been initiated in Lee County, Va. that will provide youth with another way to resist the peer pressures of experimenting with drugs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new program, \u2018Give Me A Reason\u2019, was designed to establish a way for parents to obtain free-of-charge drug testing kits that they can use to test their children for drug use,\u201d said Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons.<\/p>\n
The kit uses a cheek swab saliva-based method that is much less invasive than blood test and less susceptible to tamper with. The press release states the kit will test for cocaine, marijuana, methadone, methamphetamine, hydrocodone, barbiturates, opiates, morphine and oxycodone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best thing about these kits it is that they can be used in the privacy of your own home, and you can have the results in 10 minutes,\u201d said the sheriff. \u201cIf parents have a drug test kit at home, their children will hopefully think twice before giving into peer pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The release states the kit will be one way to be able to help deter children from making a decision that may ruin their life. The department wants to have as many resources available to help parents deter their children form making the decision to try drugs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a voluntary program to help children make positive choices,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cWe want our children in this community to have a successful future and make productive adults.\u201d<\/p>\n
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