Drug Education and Avoiding Addiction with Virginia Guy

On this episode of the Girls Can Podcast, Grace Swain talks with Ms. Virginia Guy , Executive Director of the Drug Education Council . Ms. Guy has dedicated her life to preventing teen and young adult use of alcohol, tobacco, vaping, and other drugs by providing quality education, intervention, and recovery support programs. Grace explores how she got started in her career and how she and her organization positively impacts the Mobile and Baldwin County communities. They also talk about the opioid and fentanyl epidemics, how these horrible drugs have affected her job, vaping, and why it is so dangerous for young people. Ms. Guy also shares advice for young females navigating middle and high school and how to keep young children drug and alcohol-free, her most significant career accomplishments, and the advice she would give to someone struggling with addiction. Tune in to hear her inspiring story and valuable words of wisdom. Girls Can is a podcast created to help educate and inform young omen throughout the world. Our shows will discuss many issues, skills, and lessons that affect the lives of young women. We plan to interview professional women in our community to learn from their experiences and mentorship. We wanted to give all girls an opportunity to hear leadership advice from smart, strong, successful, and amazing women. This podcast is sponsored in part with a grant from HERlead - A Fellowship for young women on their way. Girls Can Podcast is created and produced in collaboration with Deep Fried Studios.

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Drug Education and Avoiding Addiction with Virginia Guy is an episode from Girls Can by Brooke Swain.

This episode is 39:21 long.

This episode was published on Apr 5, 2023.

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