Washougal High students attend national anti-drug abuse training

Members of the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition’s Ambassadors program have learned that knowledge is power when it comes to preventing young people from misusing or abusing drugs or alcohol.

“We have to obtain the knowledge, because if we don’t know what (information) we’re spreading, then how’s it actually going to stick?” Washougal High School student Hunter Hardin said during a Unite! Washougal meeting held Aug. 22. “We obtain the knowledge from going to events to learn about how (substance abuse) is bad, why it’s bad, what it does to you, what it does to your friends, what it does to your social groups, and how it will affect your life overall. Then we can spread the word. But the most important part is knowing why it’s bad.”