EPIC Adolescent Health Region 8

03/31/2026

Introduction: Youth e-cigarette use remains a substantial public health concern in West Virginia. West Virginia’s Clear Future launched in 2023 to deliver the C...

03/27/2026

🧡🐾🖤 Wrapped our Safety Presentations at Rosemont Elementary with the outstanding and awesome MHS students and this EPIC introduction of our safety friends! 🖤🐾🧡

03/20/2026

Happy Friday! We are wrapping our 2nd week of safety presentations across Berkeley County Schools. This week began the primary school presentations which means some very special guests have joined the fun. 🎉 We have McGruff the Crime Dog, Safety Pup and a new face this year - Plury from iReady! 🐶
The students are really enjoying the assemblies and our local law enforcement partners continue to show up for our students. The shining stars and heart of our presentations continue to be our outstanding high school students who we can just not say enough good things about! 👏 Kudos to each and every one of these outstanding young adults!✨🙌✨

03/18/2026

A report from the American Cancer Society notes that more than 28% of West Virginia high school students use to***co products, including e-cigarettes. That despite the age to purchase the products…

03/17/2026

💙☘️💛 Hedgesville High Leadership students brought the gold this morning to Back Creek Valley Elementary Schools’ Safety Presentation with this wonderful song written and sang by their very own Junior Leadership Student, Trey Hamlin. 💙☘️💛
Bravo Trey and bravo HHS! 🤩👏🤩👏

03/17/2026

A new study says that 1 in 4 West Virginia teens v**e. To learn more, 12 News spoke with a PRO officer and student at Lincoln High School, who shared their perspectives on the subject.

03/15/2026

The best thing we do all year! 👏

Berkeley County Schools launched its annual safety presentations at Potomack Intermediate School, where Spring Mills High School students performed skits about bullying, va**ng and safety. First responders reinforced emergency awareness,

03/15/2026

House Bill 5691 will allocate $2.9 million of JUUL settlement dollars towards youth to***co prevention and programs to help those already addicted quit.

03/14/2026

Great work to***co prevention advocates!

Thank you West Virginia Lawmakers for investing in youth to***co prevention!

HB5691 The JUUL Settlement bill funding To***co Education has passed!! Bill is effective from passage.

03/13/2026

This week began our full 3 weeks of partnering with BCS, local law enforcement, fire and EMS agencies and our BCS Safety Officers to present Safety Collaborative Presentations to 21 Intermediate and Primary schools across Berkeley County. This is a HUGE team effort and our first few days have been a great success. 👏
Students from each feeder high school perform anti-drug, anti-va**ng, anti-bullying and "see something, say something" skits. Representatives from local law enforcement and fire and rescue agencies share additional and super important safety information with students.
This week we visited Potomack, Tomahawk, Mountain Ridge, Orchard View and Eagle School Intermediate schools.
Our high school leadership students are absolutely awesome and are the rockstars 🌟 of our assemblies.💙💛❤️💚🧡🖤♥️💙

01/23/2026

❄️☃️ These 4th graders say Bring It ☃️❄️