4/11/14 - Officials from Pinckney Community Schools got an update this month from representatives of a student-led organization dedicated to fighting drugs. Students in the district are in charge of It Stops With Students, a group which works together with the Pinckney Coalition to increase awareness about drugs and reduce their influence on local students. The Pinckney Board of Education got a report from about a dozen members of the group and a few of their partners from the Pinckney Coalition about the activities and programs they have undertaken this year. These have included student events, like a swim-in, a canned food drive, and a dodgeball tournament. They also engaged in campaigns in the community, including Project Sticker Shock, where students visited local merchants and placed brightly-colored stickers on packs of beer reminding customers about the legal penalties of providing alcohol to minors. One member of the group has even participated in compliance checks in local merchants by attempting to purchase tobacco products as a minor. (TD)
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