[JSR] Red Ribbon Week at Crescenta Valley High School
For Red Ribbon Week at my school, the CV PTSA, Crescenta Valley Parent Teacher Student’s Association, helped plant red flags around the campus, promoting the events purpose for the week. There were also many posters in the hall ways, and speeches and projects were done in class. One of the big questions asked during these talks was why are drugs so bad for us? In a lecture during Red Ribbon week, we found out the answer. Most drugs stop the neurons, cells which transmit information, from sending signals in the brain. Drugs interfere with the ways in which neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmitters, the chemical signals sent by neurons. Different drugs can make these fire differently. Drugs make people feel pleasure because of surges of these transmitters, and cause people to want more, leading to addiction.
During the campaign, students from Crescenta Valley High School presented to students about the harms of drugs to students at Rosemont Middle School as a special project. We explained the harms of drugs and cigarettes to the students, and how companies glorify them to make them more enticing.
Overall the week was a great success, and not only did our school learn from the program, but we also were able to share information with those in middle school.
For more information, on drug addiction please visit ww.drugabuse.gov.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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