Students Encouraged To Participate In Variety Of Events To Encourage Drug-Free Lifestyles

Schools throughout the Arkansas River Valley are encouraging students to choose drug-free lifestyles this week as they celebrate Red Ribbon Week, seven days coordinated throughout the country by the National Family Partnership.

According to information from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Web site, National Red Ribbon week serves as a tribute to Special Agent Enrique Camarena, who was kidnapped and brutally tortured and murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico.

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