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Getting Schools / Youths Involved

How to engage these groups

Schools poster competition - get local schools to run a competition amongst students, to design a poster on what drugs mean to them or what would put them off trying drugs.  The winning design could be featured in the local paper and put on display in the community.

Invite local media  - they could sit in on a drug education talk at a local school.

Team up with local theatre companies -  Ask theatres that run educational plays/innovative workshops to perform in the town centre that week or at a local school and invite the local media to attend.

Run a competition-  In association with a local radio station run a competition for young people to write their own lyrics to a popular song, with the winning song played on the final day of National Tackling Drugs Week.

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