Grass-roots activities
Drugs areeverywhere. There is a lot of talk about drugs in theworld–on the streets, at school, on
the Internet, onTV, in thepress andalso from thegovernment. Someof it is true, somenot.
Muchofwhat peopleand youthhear about drugs come from those selling themor frompeople
who know little about what drugs really are and do. Therefore, the Foundation makes factual
information available through a series of free education booklets that cover the facts about
marijuana, alcohol, crystal meth, Ecstasy, crack, cocaine, heroin, inhalants, LSD and prescription
drugs (as seenonpage5) in17 languages.
In 2011, Foundation volunteers distributed no less than 600,000 Truth About Drugs booklets in
the following European countries: France, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Greece, Sweden, Norway,
Switzerland,Austria, Italy,Portugal,Denmark,Spain,Germany, theUnitedKingdom,CzechRepublic
andSlovakia; to inform theyouthabout thedangersof drugs. The short- and long-termeffectsof
the11most commonlyabuseddrugs areexposed, includingalcohol andprescriptiondrugs.
Operating in the field of drug prevention since 2004, the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe
has distributed approximately 4.8millionof thosebooklets over thepast 8 years and through its
networkof drugpreventiongroups.
To look at the larger picture, the Foundation for a Drug-FreeWorld has distributed worldwide
approximatively4,291,600TruthaboutDrugsbookletsacross61nationsand198cities, in thepast
year alone.
Inotherwords,aTruthAboutDrugsbooklet isdistributedtosomebodyonEarthevery7.5seconds,
shattering the liesondrugs andhelping thepersondecide to liveadrug-free life.
Teachers, parents, communityandyouthworkershave savedmany livesusing thesepublications.
In fact, countless youthhave toldvolunteers from theFoundationsor their volunteer groups that
theydecidednot to takedrugs after readingoneof thesebooklets.
Theeffectof thiscampaign is further increasedby theuseof theTruthAboutDrugsdocumentary
and Public ServiceAnnouncements. Not only are they educational tools used in schools, classes
ordoingconferences togivean impactful imageofwhatdrugsare, but theyarealsobroadcaston
TV stationsworldover,withaviewershipof 18,113,000people inEurope.
Armedwith this information, readers andviewers canmake thedecision to liveadrug-free life.
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