Monday, June 1, 2015

STMOTW Brings Awareness to Lancaster High School




 
LANCASTER, NY, MAY 27, 2015- Historical, scientific and anecdotal evidence confirms the particular vulnerability of young adults and teenagers to substance abuse and addiction. Due to the immature development in the information processing and decision making regions of the brain, young people are more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors such as experimentation with drugs. Critically, young brains are also more susceptible to the often irreversible damage that can be caused by drug use. These factors make prevention imperative.

Dedicated to making change through partnership and education, Save the Michaels provides information sessions and workshops to local schools and organizations. On Wednesday, May 27, Save the Michaels brought an intensive information session to Lancaster High School. Armed with the statistics, data, news and advice for instruction about the dangers and consequence of prescription drug use, founder Avi Israel, joined by his team Phil Luzio, Colleen Babcock and Keri Lock, offered counsel and direction to hundreds of Lancaster students.
Arranged in the school cafeteria as an informational meet and greet, Save the Michaels reached out to hundreds of high schoolers, offering information, answering questions, and challenging awareness to spark serious attention to the issue. Joined by Colleen Babcock’s therapy dog Liberty, the Save the Michaels team engaged children throughout the day in a meaningful and dynamic presentation.
Many thanks to Lancaster High School for their support of the program, and for continued partnership in working towards awareness.    
Photos by Phil Luzio                                                                                Written by Keri Lock


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