Midland, Texas/May 10, 2023-The Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse held a Fentanyl Awareness meeting to present information to the community on the dangers of Fentanyl.
(Mellessa Brenem, Prevention Program Director, Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse/Odessa, Texas)
Young students can use social media like Instagram and Tik Tok to acquire drugs in matter of minutes by using certain types of emojis.
(Mellessa Brenem, Prevention Program Director, Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse/Odessa, Texas)
Local Law Enforcement agencies are responding calls where children as young as 13, have overdosed from drugs obtained either by a drug dealer or from parents.
(Seth Herman, Police Chief-Midland Police Department/Midland, Texas)
(Michael Gerke, Police Chief-Odessa Police Department/Odessa, Texas)
Many school-age children express frustrations and feel stressed out from problems at home and at school. They seek relief through drug and alcohol use.
(Mellessa Brenem, Prevention Program Director, Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse/Odessa, Texas)
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.
