COMMEMORATING THE UNIVERSAL DAY OF THE CHILD WITH EFFECTIVE DRUG PREVENTION
November 10th, 2005
New Drug-Free Marshals signing a pledge to live drug-free lives
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Over the past 12 years more than 3.2 million youth have been reached by the Drug-Free Marshals’ program
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As the Universal Day of the Child approaches, the Church of Scientology International urges all sectors of society to unite and redouble their drug prevention efforts as a way to really help today’s youth.
Fifty-one years ago the United Nations General Assembly instituted a Universal Children’s Day, observed on November 20th each year, to promote the welfare of the children of the world.
“Drug use threatens the success, sanity and lives of our children,” said Rev. Heber Jentzsch, President of the Church of Scientology International. “If we all work together to reach young people with the truth about drugs, we can create a much better future.”
As part of its international anti-drug campaign, the Church has published and distributed more than 56 million drug-information booklets and fliers in recent years, making this the largest anti-drug public education campaign of its kind in the world. It also has an anti-drug web site where these booklets can be downloaded: www.drugsalvage.org
One of the most popular Scientology anti-drug programs is the Drug-Free Marshals (known as the Drug-Free Ambassadors in Australia and New Zealand and Drug-Free Kids in the UK).
“Drug-Free Marshals is based on the idea that if peer pressure and pro-drug propaganda can influence young people to take drugs, the reverse would work too,” said Reverend Jentzsch. “The program provides the truth about drugs and a forum where youth can take a stand against drug use.”
Drug-Free Marshals pledge to live drug-free lives and set a good example to their friends and family, encouraging them to make the same commitment.
From two-hundred founding Drug-Free Marshals who took the pledge at their first event in 1993, the campaign has spread to dozens of countries, adding more than 3.2 million youth to the ranks of youth living and advocating drug-free lives.
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