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City, Sheriff’s Workshops Focus on Drugs and Social Media

City of Santa Clarita | Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014

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[News Release] – For residents who missed the City of Santa Clarita and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Juvenile Intervention Team (J-Team) workshops about the dangers and misconceptions associated with drugs and social media, the sessions are now online on the City’s YouTube.com/CityOfSantaClarita channel and will be aired on SCVTV, local television for Santa Clarita. The list of dates and times on SCVTV are as follows:

Teens Cell Phones, Sexting and Social Media

Friday, May 2, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.
Friday, May 9, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.

What You Don’t Know: Teens, Drugs and the Consequences”

Friday, May 2, 2014 at 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 9:45 p.m.
Friday, May 9, 2014 at 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 9:45 p.m.

*SCVTV can be seen on Time Warner Channel 20, AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 and at SCVTV.com.

More than 120 residents attended “What You Don’t Know: Teens, Drugs and the Consequences” on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 with Detective Bill Velek, and over 100 community members attended the “Teens Cell Phones, Sexting and Social Media” session with Deputy Josh Dublin on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Each workshop reviewed the various risks associated with drugs and social media, and parents were educated on ways to avoid these dangers in order to keep their kids safe.

The sessions drew local interest with “Teens Cell Phones, Sexting and Social Media” being covered on KTLA, Channel 5 and Telemundo. Both workshops along with other informative videos relating to drug use can also be viewed at YouTube.com/HeroinKillsSCV. For more information, please call (661) 286-4167 or visit Santa-Clarita.com.

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