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County's Reps
At Meeting
By PAGE JOHANSON
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Rappahannock County was well represented Friday morning at the Anti-Drug Workshop at Fauquier High School.
Attending were School Board member Ron Makela, County Administrator John McCarthy, Sheriff Gary Settle, Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke and high school alternative education teacher Jason Gochenour.
The conference was hosted by U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-lOth Distrct). Rappahannock's contingent joined other 10th District community leaders to explore new strategies to curb the steadily growing drug problems which plague our neighborhoods.
The workshop stressed the importance of a unified, persistant, common voice from all areas of a community strongly condemning illegal drug use — from religious leaders, educators, police and court officials, parents, health providers, and business leaders.
A brief history of the drug problem in the United States was given by Bill Oliver, Executive Director, PRIDE Parent Training. He shared the alarming statistics which show that despite the new Federal programs instituted in the early 1990s, illegal drug use will soon once again reach the peak ■ that was shown in 1978.
Overall use is higher, frequency of use is higher, and the potency of drugs is higher. Mr. Oliver stressed the • importance of parent action teams dedicated to getting the illegal drugs out of their communities. He recommended that we adopt the village approach to this problem, that it is best to concentrate on a small region, no larger than an area high school district. He believes that the war on drugs will be "won or lost in the homes, by the people who live there."
PRIDE is a micro-based approach, including over 5,000 volunteer Parent Action Teams, each team based in its own community. Mr. Oliver described a personal community as the area where one has a personal investment, a personal interest, a personal loyalty, personal benefits and risks taken, and a personal sense of ability to exert power and influence.
See Drugs, Page A-2
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