Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine...
$3.8 Million for School Drug Prevention Programs Awarded  
May 9, 2012 

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Today Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that 190 law enforcement agencies will share several million dollars in grant money to keep anti-drug programs in Ohio’s schools. 

The $3.8 million Drug Use Prevention Grants will help pay to keep school resource officers and DARE officers on school grounds.  The money will also expand the focus of the anti-drug campaign to include the dangers of prescription drugs, as well as drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin. 

“Prescription drugs are leaving the medicine cabinets and are ending up in school hallways,” said Attorney General Mike DeWine.  “This is a serious problem, and we must do everything we can to teach students that prescription drugs are just as deadly as street drugs.” 

Funding for the grants comes from driver’s license reinstatement fees collected from convicted drunk drivers when their driving privileges are restored.