For college 12 months 2016-2017, STI has extra than a hundred,000 enrolled college students throughout seventy eight campuses national, offering a extensive audience reach for ATI-STI DARE, STI Chairman Eusebio Tanco stated. After its initial run, the program will be extended to different schools although future partnerships.
“As an academic institution with over 30 years of revel in, STI believes that a number of the satisfactory answers to this serious social hassle is to attain younger people with effective, truth-primarily based drug training earlier than they even begin experimenting with illegal substances,” Tanco stated.
“As Benjamin Franklin puts it, an oz of prevention is really worth a pound of therapy,” Tanco added.
“We are very thrilled with this partnership as this provides a long-term solution to one in every of society’s urgent issues. This program flawlessly complements our corporate sustainability advocacy anchored on children empowerment and is nicely aligned with ATI’s stringent policy in opposition to illegal pills,” Hoad concluded.