Vive18, a national drug prevention platform, was presented to an audience of over 500 students Friday at Dunbar Auditorium on the campus of Mountain Home High School Career Academies. Local public schools that took part in the program include Mountain Home, Flippin and Yellville-Summit.
According to its website, Vive18’s mission is “to save lives and challenge culture. Young people shouldn’t feel left out for making healthy choices. By helping youth make educated decisions about drugs, we challenge all students to rewrite social norms around drug use while protecting their friends and their future.”
The presentations are reportedly designed to be engaging for young people and to encourage them to make positive choices. Founder Jake White and Tomas Brazza recently where guests of the Talk of the Town on KTLO-FM, and they say it is important to teach students that drugs are never the answer.
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Mountain Home student Kylee Anderson joined White and Brazza on Talk of the Town and said the presentation was an engaging experience.
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White made the point that kids today face a lot of newer pressure when compared to past generations.
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Brazza went on to talk about the importance for parents and guardians to have honest age appropriate conversations with students.
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For more information about Vive18 and their many resources visit www.vive18.com.
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