Partners in Prevention - Havre to celebrate Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug-prevention awareness campaign, raising awareness of drug prevention to millions each year. This year, the event is being celebrated the week of October 23-31, 2021. Red Ribbon Week is an ideal way for communities to unite and take a visible stand against drugs. The theme of this year’s Red Ribbon Week is “Drug Free Looks Like Me!”

According the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Red Ribbon became a symbol for drug prevention in 1985, in response to the murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena who in 1985 was brutally mur...