A recent study of 7th-12th-grade students revealed 10 percent of them
abused over-the-counter drugs typically found in the home medicine cabinet. The
U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy reports that prescription drug
abuse is the country’s fastest-growing drug problem. Drugs are finding their
way into the nation’s classrooms and schoolyards.
For a quarter of a century, Scientologists around the world have been
working with youth, educators, parents, religious and community leaders and law
enforcement officers to provide drug education to children and teens. The
result is a series of drug education resources that work—a multimedia program
that speaks to the youth of today, informing them of the truth about drugs and
empowering them to make their own decisions to live drug-free.
The cornerstone of the program is a series of booklets that provide the
facts about the most commonly abused drugs: marijuana, alcohol, Ecstasy,
cocaine, crack cocaine, crystal meth, inhalants, heroin, LSD, prescription
drugs, painkillers, and Ritalin.
Next is a series of 16 award-winning “They Said, They Lied” public
service announcements. They are contemporary, high-impact communications aimed
directly at youth.
Finally, the core of the Truth About Drugs educational program is a
100-minute documentary, The Truth About Drugs: Real People, Real Stories. The
film is a hard-hitting, no-holds-barred presentation told by former users who
themselves survived life-shattering addiction.
Parents and teachers can order Truth About Drugs booklets and DVDs free
of charge from the drugfreeworld.org website or download the free Truth About
Drugs Education Application onto their iPads or iPhones.
The Tennessee Chapter of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, which
uses The Truth About Drugs materials, began the year with a bang, visiting four
counties before Spring. Each visit, the chapter delivers seminars to students
on the Truth About Drugs program which includes the documentary film and
educational booklets. By the end of the year, volunteers for the program had
traveled nearly 5,000 miles, educating students along the way.
To date, the Tennessee chapter has visited 30 counties, delivered over
230 seminars on the program, and distributed more than 50,000 booklets to those
in need.
For more information on the Truth About Drugs program, or to order
materials, visit drugfreesouth.org.
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