The Church of Scientology of Milano hosted the launch of the new anti-drug campaign of the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe last week. Dignitaries from local and federal governments, sports figures and concerned citizens joined with the Scientologists of Milano to dedicate themselves to bringing about a drug-free Italy.
 | | Fabio Amicarelli, addressing the audience in his capacity as Member of the Board of the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe, described the extent of the drug problem in Europe and in Italy specifically. He briefed the audience on the importance of effective drug prevention programs. |
With the exuberance for which the Scientologists of Milano are famous, standing ovations greeted Mr. Fabio Amicarelli, formerly the Public Affairs Director for the Church in Italy and now Executive Director of the Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights in Brussels.
Mr. Amicarelli, addressing the audience in his capacity as Member of the Board of the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe, described the extent of the drug problem in Europe and in Italy specifically. He briefed the audience on the importance of effective drug prevention programs.
 | | Dignitaries from local and federal governments, sports figures and concerned citizens joined with the Scientologists of Milano to dedicate themselves to bringing about a drug-free Italy. |
In Europe, drugs constitute a multi-billion Euro business for organized criminal networks. In the United States, the White House's Office of Drug Control Policy estimates the total value of all of the drugs sold in that country at close to $64 billion a year. The cost to society in crime committed by addicts to support their habits and in rehabilitation costs, not to mention the human cost in ruined lives and families, is inestimable.
 | | One highlight of the event was when Italian bicycling legend, Sante Gaiardoni, winner of two Gold Medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics, decided to personally endorse the campaign and signed the "Drug-Free Honor Roll." |
The Foundation has produced a series of booklets providing the truth about drugs in 20 languages, including Italian. Mr. Amicarelli encouraged those in attendance to use the anti-drug materials not only by distributing them personally but also by getting corporate and government sponsors to adopt the campaign as their own.
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