Are You Stressed Or Depressed?
August 21, 2018 6:00 am Comments Off on Are You Stressed Or Depressed?The author of this post is going to be a junior in high school in Ventura County in the fall. ... View Article
Engaging young people in advocacy, education & prevention
Creating social change around alcohol, drugs, and more
Creating social change around alcohol, drugs, and more
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Learning the Hard Way
February 11, 2016 3:50 pm Comments Off on Learning the Hard Way*This blog entry was written by a Ventura County youth in August 2015 I was about halfway through with eighth... View Article
Ventura County's Drugged Driving Prevention Efforts
January 11, 2016 1:01 pm Comments Off on Ventura County's Drugged Driving Prevention EffortsVentura County’s efforts to reduce impaired driving don’t just mean targeting late night partiers, buzzed youth, or other “obvious” groups.... View Article
Update on Palcohol legislation
January 4, 2016 1:13 pm Comments Off on Update on Palcohol legislationPowdered alcohol, known to its manufacturers as “palcohol”, was in the news earlier in 2015. Even before it was approved... View Article
Make Straight Up part of your year-end giving
December 27, 2015 12:33 pm Comments Off on Make Straight Up part of your year-end givingConsider donating to Straight Up! Straight Up programs provide opportunities, training, resources and connections for young people ages 12-25 to... View Article
Fear factor
December 20, 2015 12:28 pm Comments Off on Fear factorThis post was written by a 20-year-old Cal State Channel Islands student in April 2015. What gets our attention so... View Article
Get you — and your teens — through the holidays
December 16, 2015 3:21 pm Comments Off on Get you — and your teens — through the holidaysAccording to SAMHSA, on an average December day, more than 11,000 young people, aged 12 to 17, will use alcohol... View Article
Get connected and gain an edge – be a volunteer
December 7, 2015 11:28 am Comments Off on Get connected and gain an edge – be a volunteerBecoming a volunteer is a great way to fulfill school requirements and gain community service hours — but there are... View Article
Gratitude and mindfulness as tools in prevention
November 30, 2015 1:04 pm Comments Off on Gratitude and mindfulness as tools in preventionDuring this time of year, a lot of people talk about gratitude — for the holidays, for their loved ones,... View Article
Reaching out to LGBT youth in Ventura County
November 21, 2015 12:47 pm Comments Off on Reaching out to LGBT youth in Ventura CountyPromising progress is occurring in Ventura County as the LGBT community and its allies are joining together to consolidate and... View Article