Surveys show that 80 percent of the high school students in Arkansas have used drugs, crime in northwest Arkansas has increased by 10 percent in the past 10 years and drug related crimes have doubled. The agency that wants to help solve the drug problem is a Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce Committee, Drug Free Rogers-Lowell.

The director of Drug Free Rogers-Lowell, Greg Hoggatt, told the coalition of business people, social service workers, law enforcement personnel and educators about a variety of programs at the luncheon.

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