Generating systemic change along the addiction recovery continuum
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Red Ribbon Week – Helping Youth Live Drug-Free
October marks the start of National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month and it also includes the celebration of Red Ribbon Week, a national campaign started in the late 1980s to raise awareness about drug use, especially with children.