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Photo by Jason KUROSU
Deputy Eric Matejka introduced the audience to some of the drug paraphernalia used for illegal drug use.

By Jason KUROSU
A panel of [...]

Teens at risk from unused prescription drugs, agency officials say.
By Veronica Rocha, [email protected] November 11, 2011 | 5:31 p.m.

More than 500 pounds of pills were collected throughout Glendale as part of the recent national prescription drug takeback, officials said this week.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s third takeback event, which was held Oct. 29, collected more [...]

CVDAPC guest speaker Alexandra Datig has worked on drug policy and spoke out heavily against legalizing marijuana in California.

By Jason KUROSU
In the wake of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s take back event in which the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition and the DEA combined efforts to get expired and unneeded prescription medication out of [...]

By Veronica Rocha, [email protected] November 15, 2011 | 2:31 p.m.
For recovering addict Alexandra Datig, marijuana was a gateway drug that led her down a path of heartache and destruction.  Datig — an anti-drug activist who rallied against the marijuana legalization initiative Proposition 19 last year — relayed her downward spiral during a meeting Monday organized [...]