By Nicholas Vrataric Santa Monica
The CLARE Foundation would like to thank Kevin Herrera for his article “These sweets aren’t for kids” (June 5). Through our CLARITY for Youth program, CLARE counselors go into 16 schools and five community centers on the Westside to counsel at-risk teens and to educate parents and school administrators. Like Santa Monica narcotics officers, our counselors have not seen “meth candy” in our community. However, we are very aware of its emergence elsewhere and plan to incorporate information about its dangers into our curriculum and address it with students and parent groups before the end of the school year.
We appreciate the Santa Monica Daily Press’ article for turning attention to an alarming trend in drugs marketed to children at a critical time, when prevention is key, before it hits the streets and schools of the Westside.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 8, 2007. Read the original PDF.