Fiona
Bruce MP praises 2nd Annual Drugs Awareness Day in Congleton High
Schools
The 2nd Annual
Drugs Awareness Days for young people in Congleton were held at Eaton Bank Academy
on 27th February 2015 and Congleton High School on 6th March 2015.
This was an
initiative conceived and developed by the town Youth Committee in conjunction
with Fiona Bruce MP to ensure that every young person in Congleton is informed
about the dangers of drugs early in their high school life.
Over the years
this will mean that every young person in Congleton will be equipped to
withstand doing drugs.
This year’s
event was presented by PC Jane Commins and her colleagues to Year 9 pupils and
included a presentation on the risks of taking both illegal drugs and
mainstream addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, as well as solvent
abuse and legal highs, including rather sobering photographs of the effects of
drug abuse.
The session
concluded with an activity in which the students could make their own ‘brain
hat’ showing the different areas of the brain, and were told how cannabis can
affect the ‘pre-frontal cortex’ which is responsible for logic and reasoning.
Fiona Bruce MP said “I
consider the Annual Drugs Awareness Day for young people in Congleton to be one
of the most positive initiatives which has been achieved by and for young
people in the town during my time as MP for Congleton. I pay tribute to the
Youth Council and former Mayors Cllr Sally Ann Holland and Cllr George Hayes
who worked prodigiously with me and the Youth Council to ensure this initiative
was started and also to both High Schools who are now fully committed to it
continuing year on year.”
