A no holds barred Smart Youth Power Assembly presentation on the perils of drinking and driving and substance abuse took place at St. Joseph's Collegiate Thursday morning.

Students, police and ambulance personnel listened to former paramedic Norbert Georget describe what can happen when an individual chooses to drink and drive or use drugs.

Nothing was left to the imagination for students through the use of video. Students were told how Georget visited a prison to see a student who had been convicted of killing a former student at his school in a drinking and driving accident. The student had asked to see him after learning he was making presentations on drinking and driving that included him.

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