Sandy Lane Expands Project SOFT as Barbados Substance Abuse Council Warns of Drug Use at Age Eight
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- Sandy Lane is expanding Project SOFT as the National Council on Substance Abuse warns that young people are using substances at increasingly early ages.
- The council’s head linked the trend to new environments and expressed concern about substance use among children as young as eight.
Sandy Lane is boosting Project SOFT as Barbados’ National Council on Substance Abuse warns that more young people are beginning to use substances at earlier ages.
The council’s head expressed renewed concern about the trend, linking it to new environments. The warning includes reports of substance use among children as young as eight.
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