Effective Anti-Drug Campaign

In a suburb of Paris there was recently a noticeable drop in the number of drug addicts, following distribution of anti-drug booklets by Church of Scientology organizations. See the news on this.

Solutions to Drugs

This page has good information on effective solutions to the destructive effects of drugs. www.scientology.org.uk

Freeing Society from Drugs

Scientology churches and their members are committed to handling the drug problem. The technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard to handle the life ruining effects of drugs is used in churches of Scientology. Information on this can be found at www.whatisscientology.org.

Scientology UK Chuches

This page includes locations of all the Scientology churches in the United Kingdom. It also has a good link to a page on Saving Lives from Drugs. www.scientology.org.uk.

Effective Solutions to Drugs

Scientologists are drug-free and spearhead effective actions in countries around the world to get others off drugs. Churches of Scientology throughout the world are active in a campaign called “Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life”, which is saving lives. Information on this is at
www.scientology.org.uk.

Destructive Effects of Drugs

This page has good information on the destructive effects of Marijuana, Ecstasy, Heroin and Cocaine and what to do about it. www.scientology.org.uk

The Effects of Drugs

Here is a page that includes information on the destructive effects of drugs and what can be done about it. www.scientology.org.uk

Effective Solutions to Drugs

Here is an international Scientology news page that includes information on an effective campaign being done to rid the culture of the scourge of drugs. www.scientologytoday.org

Answers to Drugs

The Scientology Handbook has a booklet that can be obtained separately called Answers to Drugs.
The website that has the information on this is www.scientologyhandbook.org.

Foundation for a Drug Free World

The Foundation for a Drug Free World announced a new program to help parents learn how to communicate to their children about drugs. Since so much of the crime that plagues our cities is drug-related, helping children and teens decide to live drug-free lives can help our communities enormously. More Information on this is at www.scientologytoday.org.

Mr. David Miscavige

Mr. David Miscavige gave an interview to the St. Petersburg Times. One part of the interview describes a time when he was in high school and was appalled at fellow students taking drugs. When he was introduced to Dianetics he knew he found the answer. See the page at www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart1.html

Effective Action against Drugs

Drugs destroy millions of lives. Something is being done about it effectively with the Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life worldwide campaign. Information on this is at www.notodrugs-yestolife.org.

Meth Labs

Interesting story in a Grand Rapids paper.

Is there a meth lab near you?

Sunday, January 07, 2007

By Rex Hall Jr. and Shandra Martinez

The Grand Rapids Press

A quiet neighborhood where most of the residents are enjoying their golden years.

That is how Steve Skalandis, 24, would describe his Grand Rapids street of modest ranch homes near Three Mile Road and Plainfield Avenue NE.

He never knew the house up the road -- in the 900 block of Kendalwood St. NE -- was producing illegal drugs, which was shut down by the Kent County Sheriff's Department.

Freedom from Drugs

If you have a friend with a drug problem, you can learn Scientology techniques to help him or her get off drugs and stay off them . Get the information on this at www.scientologyhandbook.org.

Ritalin

Contrary to promotion, Ritalin is a dangerous drug. Find out the facts about it at
www.notodrugs-yestolife.org/index.htm.

Say No to Drugs; Say Yes to Life

The Church of Scientology has a drug prevention campaign that gets results. This includes prevention of drug abuse through effective education on the devastating effects of drugs.
Find out more at www.notodrugs-yestolife.org.

New Survey Shows Reduced Drug-Use by Teens

The Monitoring the Future Study survey of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, reports that illicit drug use among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders has declined by 23.2 percent over a five-year period.

This is the result of a lot of work by a great many people. That same survey shows that youth prescription drug, and over-the-counter medicine abuse remains high.

While there is a tremendous distance yet to travel, the survesy show that education in the truth about drugs works.

Read the full story here.

The Truth About Drugs

The best way of conveying the truth about drugs and their dangers is from the perspective of those who have 'been there' and can pass on what they have learned so others avoid going down the same path.
Here is a sampling of such real-life stories from those who have experienced the living hell of drug abuse. Too many however are not here to tell their stories.
Share this information with your loved ones. Drug education saves lives.
"My goal in life wasn't living...it was getting high. I was falling in a downward spiral towards a point of no return. Over the years, I turned to cocaine, marijuana and alcohol under a false belief it would allow me to escape my problems. It just made things worse. I had everything, a good job, money, a loving family, yet I felt so empty inside. As if I had nothing. Over 20 years of using, I kept saying to myself, I'm going to stop permanently after using this last time. It never happened. There were even moments I had thought of giving up on life."
— John
"It started with the weed, then the pills (Ecstasy) and acid, making cocktails of all sorts of drugs, even overdosing to make the rushes last longer. I took copious amounts of these chemicals every day for as long as two years until I had a bad trip one night and went into toxic psychosis. I prayed and cried for this feeling to go away, I had voices in my head, had the shakes and couldn't leave home for 6 months. I became very withdrawn and thought everyone was watching me. I couldn't walk in public places. Man! I couldn't even drive.
I ended up homeless and on the streets, living and sleeping in a cardboard box, begging and struggling to find ways to get my next meal.
I asked myself if this is rock bottom and I believe that it was. While observing these homeless people, I decided that I had had enough. Yes, I wanted drugs but I realized that I could want life more."
— B.K.

Find out what you can do about drugs, visit the Foundation For A Drug Free World.

Drug Free Marshalls at work

Check out these Drug Free Marshalls at work

A 2006 DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION MILESTONE

The Foundation for a Drug-Free World, a non-profit corporation that empowers youth and adults with facts about illicit drugs, this year unleashed a worldwide drug information program that takes aim at "drug abuse of all types," according to the Los Angeles-based foundation's president, Lidia Dinges.

"Drugs destroy and ruin millions of lives every year," said Ms. Dinges at the group's launch in the UK on October 22, 2006. "With governmentts spending billions to deal with the threat of drug abuse and related crime and violence, it's time to bring real solutons to every community."

The Foundation's answer is its "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" global campaign, the centerpiece for which is a "Truth About Drugs" information kit containing educational booklets that describe in factual, fully documented terms the most abused drugs in America today. Published in 20 languages, each booklet presents compelling real-life accounts of former abusers who tell of the ruinous effects of methamphetamine (crystal meth), ecstasy, marijuana, "kiddie cocaine" (Ritalin), crack, painkillers and other widely abused street and prescription drugs.

Production and distribution of the education kit are made possible through donations and sponsorships by private organizations, including businesses, civic groups, churches, and drug and alcohol recovery support networks. Governments also provide public funding to Foundation-affiliated organizations. In New Zealand, for example, a city council paid for reprints of thousands of booklets for community distribution, while Taiwan's Education Ministery helped finance more than 100,000 "Truth About Ecstasy" booklets. Children in hundreds of Taiwnese schools have, with the Ministry's endorsement and support, participated in drug education lectures. The result: a 65 percent drop in ecstasy use in all targeted age groups.

"Effective drug education can and will work," says Ms. Dinges, who grew up in a high-risk Los Angeles area neighborhood rife with drug-driven gangs and violent crime. "By empowering our children -- and adults -- with the facts needed to live drug-free, we can save millions of lives in cities across the globe."

Documented results show that providing factual information about the world's most abused drugs is successful in country after country. In early 1987 -- the same year the United Nations General Assembly instituted its annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking -- the Church of Scientology International, a key supporter in the formation of the Foundation, initiated its "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" campaign in Italy. Soon thereafter, the multi-cultural, multi-faith European effort expanded into a worldwide pledge-signing endeavor, wherein people young and old sign a commitment to live their lives drug-free. From this, a "Lead the Way to a Drug-Free USA" program evolved in the United States. In April 1993, that campaign expanded with the launch of the "Drug-Free Marshals," a program that educaties children and youth about the danger of drugs and challenges them to remain drug-free and to set a good example to their friends and family.

In 1995, "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" volunteers began passing out booklets on the harmful effects of marijuana, speed, cocaine and other street drugs. That initiative has earned wide recognition from concerned citizens and both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Today, "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" chapters are active in more than 50 countries, with drug awareness events taking place in over 550 cities this past year.

From its Los Angeles headquarters, the Foundation for a Drug-Free World now spearheads the "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" initiative and the distribution of the new "Truth About Drugs" tools internationally to children, teens, parents and families, youth organizations, schools, community centers and companies. The Foundation's worldwide anti-drug offensive for 2007 will call upon the manpower of an estimated 3,000 volunteers in more than 150 chapters on five continents.

For more information on the Foundation for a Drug-Free World or its new "Truth About Drugs" education kit, visit www.drugfreeworld.org, e-mail info@drugfreeworld.org or call 1-888-NOTODRUGS.