Teaching children and teens about marijuana - and what it really does - is not occurring effectively enough.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ---
"Researchers have demonstrated that television public service announcements
(PSAs) designed for and targeted to specific teen personality-types can significantly reduce their marijuana use. In a study published in the February 2001 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, researchers report that PSAs with an anti-marijuana use message resulted in at least a 26.7 percent drop in the use of that drug among the targeted teen population." [News Release on the National Institute on Drug Abuse web site, January 31, 2001]

The 2003 Monitoring the Future Study revealed an 11% decrease in Marijuana use.

And Friends of Narconon's ground-breaking video - Marijuana The Myth - is now in well over 3,000 public schools, with rave reviews pouring in from teachers and students nationwide.

Friends of Narconon's DVD - Marijuana The Myth dispels the many falsehoods associated with this drug. If you have any concern at all about marijuana or want to ensure your family has the correct information, then you need to get this DVD.

You will even find out exactly what drugs such as "pot" do to the body. This is new information even to the teachers who show our video in schools.

Contact Donna Miller at Friends of Narconon to get your copy or sponsor a school today.
CALL: 1-800-882-6862.


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Truth about Drugs

One of the biggest hurdles in overcoming drug addiction are the drug residuals. They can stay stored in the fat cells, and continue to create an effect on the person, causing depression, anxiety, and drug cravings.

L. Ron Hubbard came up with a solution to this problem. You can read about it at:

Scientology Handbook: Answers to Drugs

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Our society is facing an ever growing problem with drugs. No matter what your religion, you can find help from the Scientology Volunteer Ministers if you or a loved one is having trouble getting off drugs.

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 12 -- Recent headline news from Parma Heights, Ohio, where 16-year-old Amanda Berhent's life ended with an overdose of painkillers and alcohol at a "sleepover" party, is illustrative of an alarming trend: the abuse of prescription drugs amongst people of all ages and social brackets.

In a review of recent related stories across America, organizers of the Scientology "Say No To Drugs" campaign point to this incident as but one of a string of many. A week earlier, the Portland Oregonian told of a county sheriff's deputy who pleaded guilty to robbing two pharmacies at gunpoint, threatening to shoot people and stealing hundreds of pills to support his addiction to painkillers.

The next day, it was Reuters' Boston reporter Jason Szep telling of "American kids getting high on prescription drugs." He cited a study by the University of Michigan and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) that revealed a 38 percent rise in abuse of the painkiller, OxyContin, among 18-year olds between 2002 and 2005.

"Among the most dangerous experiments are 'pharming parties' where children meet after scouring family medicine cabinets and dump in what they find into a bowl," wrote Szep. "They stir things up, dip in, randomly pluck drugs out and swallow them."

"Because physicians prescribe them, many people perceive that pharmaceutical drugs are safer than street drugs. This could not be further from the truth," said Bob Adams, a coordinator of the Church of Scientology International's "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" campaign.

Adams, a former NFL offensive end who saw steroids claim the careers and lives of teammates and rivals over the years, has meticulously documented the "invisible drug culture" that has emerged over the last decade.

From the New Hampshire state medical examiner's finding that prescription narcotics were responsible for killing 96 of the 147 people who died of drug overdoses in the state last year, to a report that autopsies confirmed most of the 174 deaths from drug overdoses in Southwest Virginia in the first nine months of 2005 were from prescription painkillers, it is all too clear to Adams that, "ideas about the 'relative safety' of prescription drugs as compared to street drugs are entirely misguided." As he and "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" campaign supporters point out, these prescription drugs are increasingly becoming the "legal" gateway to a life of addiction.

The number of teens abusing prescription narcotics has tripled since 1992, and according to NIDA director, Nora Volkow, "Last year, painkillers were the number one drug for people taking drugs for the first time."

Misconception nonetheless runs deep, say studies which reveal that a full third of American teens believe prescription painkillers are not addictive. "By and large, teenagers at 'pharming parties' are clueless as to the side effects of the dangerous mind-altering substances they are taking into their bodies," said Adams. "A key factor in this problem is pervasive ignorance that affects not only youth, but also educators and parents, some of whom may be setting a poor example by popping pills as a quick-fix 'solution' to cope with life's problems."

The answer, say the "Say No to Drug" advocates, is education that targets young people as well as those from whom they seek guidance for the hard choices they make in life. Adams thus calls on parents, school authorities and the clergy to take an active role in making the information about the dangers of prescription drugs broadly available to youth in every community.

In the last decade, as part of their "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" campaign, Scientology churches worldwide have printed and distributed more than 8 million informational brochures laying out the facts about drugs. The educational effort has also included 224,220 drug awareness billboards and posters, 45 million fliers, 89,000 public awareness events, and 10,200 newspaper and television stories promoting drug-free living.

Further information on the campaign is available at www.drugsalvage.org.

Narconon - Briefing on Marijuana

FRIENDS of NARCONON(R)
President's Briefing #43
SUMMER TIME IS MARIJUANA TIME!


According to a new National Survey on Drug Use and Health report, more teens try marijuana for the first time in June and July than any other time of year. Research also shows that parents are the most powerful influence on their teen when it comes to drugs. In fact, two thirds of youth ages 13–17 say - fear of upsetting their parents or losing the respect of family and friends - is one of the main reasons they don't smoke marijuana or use other drugs.

Now that is something to think about! When we interviewed teenagers about why parents are the last to know about their kids' drug problem, they cited several reasons. The most valuable fact discovered was that parents are in fact a key ingredient to fighting the drug problem.

But let us not forget that parents were once kids too. Most parents grew up in the same educational system as their kids'. If parents never received proper education on drugs, how can they be expected to know how to talk to their kids about drugs?

This is a national, and perhaps international, problem. While kids are turning to drugs in alarming numbers, how can we help parents save their kids from drugs?

If you have teenage kids and think they wouldn't possibly get involved with drugs, then think again. You'll be amazed at some of the upstanding families I've known who felt they had an ideal family situation only to find out their kids were completely addicted, without them even knowing!

That is why we released our Marijuana The Myth DVD with the bonus feature titled Why Parents Are the Last to Know. It provides parents with much-needed insight on why parents are the last to find out, as told by youth from all walks of life, in different locations, religious and economical backgrounds.

Be prepared for an honest and shocking revelation. If you are a parent or know someone who is who, you feel, could use a little help in this department, get our DVD Marijuana The Myth. It includes two enlightening bonus features Why Parents Are The Last to Know and Why Kids Take Drugs.
This is vital information that every parent needs to have in order to help them ensure they keep their kids from turning to drugs.

Marijuana The Myth also covers information on how to deal with someone when you find out they have a drug problem.

Marijuana The Myth DVD provides you with valuable understanding and tools to help kids and save them from drugs.

It provides you the tools you need to make sure your kids have a safe and happy summer!

Don't wait, call now and get your DVD today.

Contact Donna Miller at Friends of Narconon today (1-800-882-6862) to get your copy of Marijuana The Myth DVD.

Get the knowledge to help us all change minds and save lives!

Sincerely,
Robert Hernandez, CCDC*
President, Friends of Narconon, Intl.
*Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor

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Saving Lives from Drugs

To say that drug abuse has become a major affliction in society is not an exaggeration; no aspect of life is untouched by this epidemic. Crime and violence are the most obvious byproducts, but amorality, ruined relationships, aborted careers, endangered families and ruined lives are no less serious and just as widespread. Can something be done about it?

Scientology Effective Solutions: Saving Lives from Drugs brochure, as presented here in its online edition, provides you with important information about what churches of Scientology and their members are doing about the drug problem. This will also introduce you to the most effective solution to drug addiction and dependency – the drug rehabilitation methods developed by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard.

Scientology Effective Solutions: Saving Lives from Drugs also introduces our international drug prevention campaigns that are reducing drug use among the young with community initiatives, lectures and events, and distribution of millions of drug education booklets.

Read more at: Scientology Effective Solutions