Thanks to this support, the Foundation provides drug education booklets, videos and educator guides free of charge to teachers, mentors and civic and community leaders.Streamlining the content creation processĬhatGPT has been blowing up the internet, and it's no wonder why! The AI-powered incredible AI chatbot comes with a lot of mind-blowing capabilities. The Foundation’s Truth About Drugs campaign is one of the world’s largest nongovernmental drug education and prevention initiatives. The Church of Scientology and its members support the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, a secular nonprofit corporation that empowers youth and adults with factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions to live drug-free. The Church of Scientology Denver provides free training to anyone wishing to train to deliver the Truth About Drugs curriculum in a school or community setting. According to the United Nations Office on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, “Every dollar spent on prevention can save governments up to ten dollars in later costs.”Īs kids signed the Foundation’s Drug-Free Pledge, parents and educators came by the booth to get copies of the Truth About Drugs materials and thank the volunteers for the work they are doing.Īnyone may order copies of the Foundation’s drug education materials and train to be drug education specialists. The Foundation has participated in the annual Frank Shorter RACE4Kids' Health 5K for the past three years and provides drug education materials free of charge to parents, children, teachers, mentors, community groups and anyone wishing to ensure the healthy future of today’s kids and to take effective action to save lives. Altogether, drug overdoses probably killed more people last year than car crashes, according to preliminary numbers.” “Altogether,ĭrug overdoses probably killed more people last year than car crashes, according to preliminary numbers.”ĭetermined to reach kids before they begin experimenting with drugs,

Deaths from heroin and cocaine remained well above where they were just two years ago. What had been seen as a hopeful downturn in deaths from opioid painkillers reversed. The importance of drug education and prevention is highlighted by the news reported in the Denver PostApril 4 that more Coloradans died of drug overdoses last year than any year in the state’s history: “The opioid epidemic morphed into a broader overdose crisis,” writes reporter John Ingold. The starting line of the 9th Annual Frank Shorter RACE4Kids' Health 5K (image from allevents.in)

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