{"id":19854,"date":"2025-08-16T18:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=19854"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:57:48","slug":"dare-returns-to-local-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/08\/dare-returns-to-local-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"DARE returns to local schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"site-content__header \">\n<header class=\"article-header \" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-container site-content__layout\">\n<div class=\"article-info\">\n<h1><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">by: Clare Gehlich ABC8 News &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;\">Aug 10, 2025<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"article-title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Drug prevention education expands in Charles City County<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\n\t\tsite-content__layout site-content__layout--has-sidebar\t\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"article post-2482592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-charles-city-county category-education category-health category-local-news category-news\" data-component=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article-content article-body rich-text \">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) \u2014 The Charles City County Elementary School will soon re-introduce a program focused on drug prevention and awareness for the 2025-26 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">According to a release from the sheriff\u2019s office, the program, DARE \u2014 Drug Abuse Resistance Education program \u2014 will come to the elementary school for the upcoming school year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">SRO Corporal Tramayne Mayo, who developed a curriculum to teach the program, reportedly attended a two-week training course as required by DARE to instruct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u201cWe are excited to get this program back into our school system,\u201d said Jayson Crawley, Sheriff of Charles City County. \u201cWe feel that early education of the dangers of drugs should be taught to our youths and can have a significant positive impact on the decisions they make when faced with drugs. This is just part of our continued efforts to deter illegal drug activity in our county.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Charles City County Public Schools picks new superintendent with 30+ years of experience<\/span><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Opioid settlement money awarded to all jurisdictions in the Commonwealth from a reported lawsuit filed against prescription drug companies will help fund the program, per the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">8News previously reported that, in June,\u00a0<strong>Virginia joined<\/strong>\u00a0all other states and some U.S. territories in\u00a0<strong>agreeing to sign a $7.4 billion settlement<\/strong>\u00a0with Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company for their part in perpetuating the opioid crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr1_ab-mr1_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/mg.wric\/news\/local_news\/charles_city_county\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;dare-program-charles-city-elementary-2025-2026&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;charles_city_county&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">As a result, the state will receive as much as $103.8 million from this settlement over the next 15 years \u2014 funding which will go toward local prevention, treatment and recovery efforts, as previously reported by 8News.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Source:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/local-news\/charles-city-county\/dare-program-charles-city-elementary-2025-2026\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content article-body rich-text \">\n<div class=\"article-content-cta-group\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by: Clare Gehlich ABC8 News &#8211; Aug 10, 2025\u00a0 Drug prevention education expands in Charles City County CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) \u2014 The Charles City County Elementary School will soon re-introduce a program focused on drug prevention and awareness for the 2025-26 academic year. 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