Prevention: Educate Yourself, So You Can Help Others
Do you know how Compass Mark uses the six federal strategies for addiction prevention? December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Month, the perfect time for you to familiarize yourself with how prevention is done. We’ve Simplified this Balancing…
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What Does Resilience Mean to You?
What does the word resilience mean to you? Perhaps it brings to mind the image of a rubber band stretched to a breaking point – and then returning quickly back to its normal shape. Or maybe you think of someone…
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Help Your Community Members Overcome Addiction
Every day, more than 90 Americans die from an opioid overdose. 2.7% of American adults are considered problem gamblers. One in eight American adults is addicted to alcohol. This country is facing the crisis of addiction and we need your…
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Study Drugs: The Unforeseen Consequences
School can be a stressful time. Tests, quizzes, and assignments may feel like a crushing weight on a young person’s shoulders. Study drugs are sometimes seen as an easy fix. According to the Pennsylvania Youth Survey, 10% of Lebanon County 12th…
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Do You Know the Risk Factors?
There are a variety of reasons why a young person may begin using alcohol or drugs. While most people don’t actually develop addiction, researchers have identified several major risk factors that may lead to drug or alcohol abuse in teens. Can…
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Follow Us On. . .
Are you trying to keep up with all things Compass Mark? Well, you’re in luck! Compass Mark has a website, Facebook page, and Twitter page that you can follow. Following Compass Mark’s website will keep you up to date on…
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October: National Mental Health & National Medicine Abuse Month
October is a month that raises awareness two important issues: mental health and medicine abuse. It can be tough to start a conversation on such serious issues with your loved ones. Compass Mark can help: our Student Skills for Life…
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Students Love Learning through Lions Quest
Thank you so much for coming into my class and teaching us about good and bad choices. My favorite lesson was about how to choose friends. You were fun! Thank you for teaching me the reasons of why I should…
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Building Your Child’s Confidence at School
Starting a new school year can be a difficult transition period for students. How is your student adapting this year? It can be hard for students to focus if they are facing challenges likes cliques, bullying, and peer pressure. Children…
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A Community Response to Addiction Begins with Prevention
Our community is facing a public health crisis unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Addiction affects every segment of our population: young and old, rich and poor, city dwellers and rural residents. Support of Compass Mark helps us reach those…
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