Ray County students will soon see expanded drug prevention education after each district received $20,000 to support programs such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), as well as other awareness efforts aimed at helping young people avoid substance use. y County Commissioners approved the funding during a recent meeting, allocating opioid settlement funds to support drug awareness and prevention efforts in all four county school districts. The partnership provides $20,000 to each district for the current year, with the program scheduled for review in December 2026 to determine whether funding will continue into 2027. Commissioners noted the funding represents the first use of opioid settlement dollars received by Ray County, which had previously been held while commissioners considered where the funds could have the greatest impact on prevention efforts. “We have not used any of those funds at all because we’ve just been kind of looking at where can we do the most good, to…