Pubdate: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 Source: Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2009 Osprey Media Group Inc. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/4VLGnvUl Website: http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2616 Cited: Values, Influences, and Peers: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/resource/vip.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) GRADE 6 PUPILS TO RECEIVE DRUG-EDUCATION HANDBOOK Grade 6 pupils will receive a 144-page drug education handbook, courtesy of city police. Community Services officer Const. Alison Sharp said the books are used during the city police service's VIP (Values, Influences and Peers) program, a multi-week course focusing on issues teens face. When officers speak to pupils about drugs, an emergency room nurse at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre will join them, she said. The book includes information on drugs, drug effects and drug overdose, as well as information about smoke, alcohol and steroid use. "It gives them all the information they could hope to have," she said. Sharp said the books are also handed to parents whose child may be involved with drugs. The book also includes a DVD featuring interactive games, animated characters and quizzes. Sharp said students receive a code after watching the DVD and can enter an online contest to win prizes. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin