Michael Sarich, who lost a college scholarship and a chance to play Major League Baseball due to drug abuse, spoke in two assemblies at Lower Cape May Regional High School, Oct. 4. The motivational speaker from Teen Truth told seventh, eighth and ninth grade students the choices they make now will affect the rest of their lives. Sarich said illegal drugs today are 20 times more powerful than they were 30 years ago especially with marijuana since much of it is synthetic. The assembly was the result of a partnership between the Lower Township Recreation Department and the Lower Cape May Regional School District.