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Article: DARE grads pledge to avoid drugs: Mon sheriff's deputies emphasize avoiding negative peer pressure.
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- The Dominion Post (Morgantown, WV)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2006
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Byline: Brandy Brubaker
Dec. 21--Mountainview Elementary fifthgraders know how to "just say no."
The students capped off 10 weeks of Drug Abuse Resistance Education -- DARE -- training with a graduation ceremony Wednesday.
This is one of several Monongalia County schools where the DARE program is presented.
Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department teach the children the importance of avoiding negative peer pressure and the value of making healthy life choices.
Deputy John Kisner said Wednesday he hopes the students take the lessons to heart.
"I hope you remember the ways we talked about to say no and ...