Sandy Lane boosts Project SOFT as NCSA warns of drug use at age eight
The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust has added new backing to Project SOFT, the drug-prevention camp run alongside the National Council on Substance Abuse. The announcement landed as the NCSA warns that some children in Barbados try drugs as early as age eight. Trustee Mark Pendry and camp coordinator Makeada Bourne were on hand to promote the initiative. The council's worry centers on how early first use now happens.
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