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‘Families In Action’ Celebrates 10 Years Of Drug Education On KHTS

Action Founder/CEO Cary Quashen reflects on popular series’ first decade, anticipates second; ‘Families in Action’ now heard on radio, seen on TV, streams YouTube, the KHTS app. Show getting ready to go mobile with the Action Experience. By Stephen K. Peeples KHTS-AM 1220’s “Families’ in Action” program hosted by Cary Quashen, founder/CEO of the Santa Clarita-based Action Family Counseling drug ...

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Action Drug Overdose Awareness Day Candlelight Vigil Packs The Zone

Dozens of Santa Clarita Valley Residents Gather to Mourn Local Teens and Young Adults Who Died of Drug Overdoses By Stephen K. Peeples A standing-room-only audience attended the second annual Action Drug Overdose Awareness Day Candlelight Vigil at the Action Family Zone in Santa Clarita Friday night. More than 110 Santa Clarita Valley residents gathered for two hours to remember ...

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Second Action Drug Overdose Awareness Candlelight Vigil Lights Friday

Event Provides Santa Clarita Valley Residents a Time to Share in Mourning the Loss of Loved Ones to Drug Overdoses By Stephen K. Peeples The nonprofit Action Family Foundation will hold its second annual Action Overdose Awareness Day candlelight vigil Friday night, in remembrance of Santa Clarita Valley teens and young adults who have died of drug overdoses in recent ...

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ACTION Family Zone Parents’ Seminar Spotlights Risky Teen Trends

Special Meeting Wednesday Night Shows How Stunts Like Car-Surfing, Condom-Snorting are Just as Dangerous as Drug Abuse By Stephen K. Peeples Fewer Santa Clarita Valley young people have died of drug overdoses so far this year compared to 2012, a very positive trend reported by KHTS News June 2. However, local parents, authorities, educators and addiction experts are now sounding ...

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Santa Clarita Heroin Deaths Down As ACTION Plans For Sober Summer

Monday’s ‘Families in ACTION’ Show on KHTS Focuses on Staying Sober During School Break By Stephen K. Peeples Deaths due to heroin and prescription drug overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley have dropped by more than half in 2013 compared to 2012, according to SCV Sheriff’s Station authorities. Now that the school spring semester is over, Santa Clarita-based ACTION Family ...

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Santa Clarita Mayor, Rehab Experts Blast Urban Outfitters Rx Products

Controversy Sparked by Drinking Glasses Designed to Look Like Prescription Pill Bottles  By Stephen K. Peeples Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar and drug and alcohol rehab expert Cary Quashen of Santa Clarita-based Action Family Counseling are adding their voices to a growing national outcry about retailer Urban Outfitters’ “Rx” line of drinking flasks, glasses and accessories designed to look like ...

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