The Drug-Free Ambassadors showed up in force at Sydney's Big Day Out this year to make the point that you don't have to take drugs to have fun.
 | | Three of the Drug-Free Ambassadors of Sydney, who passed out thousands of copies of drug-education booklets at this year's "Big Day Out." |
The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand. It is so popular that the 2007 Sydney BDO sold out in just 12 hours after tickets went on sale.
But with surveys showing that as many as 60% of those at local nightclubs and concerts take drugs, and with ecstasy the drug of choice, the Drug-Free Ambassadors of Sydney were determined that this year's festival would not only be fun but safe.
The Drug-Free Ambassadors program is based on the Drug-Free Marshals of the USA — a campaign launched 14 years ago in Los Angeles in which children and teens pledge to live drug-free lives and to help their friends and family steer clear of drugs as well.
For over twenty years the "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" international drug prevention program, supported by members of Scientology churches and other volunteer organizations around the world, has been providing the truth about drugs through educational handouts and public events. In fact it is the largest community-based drug education campaign in the world.
Based on their experience and success, the Foundation for a Drug-Free World has created a new Truth About Drugs Education Kit containing a study guide and ten individual well-researched pocket-size booklets with factual information about the most commonly abused drugs.
Production and distribution of the booklets and education kit are made possible through donations and sponsorships by private organizations — businesses, churches and civic organizations that care and want to do something about drug use in their communities.
The Sydney chapter of the Drug-Free Ambassadors handed out thousands of booklets at the Big Day Out concert this year. Effective drug education works. It saves lives. The young volunteers of the Drug-Free Ambassadors of Sydney are committed to seeing that children and teens get the facts they need to decide to lead drug-free lives.
For more information e-mail
info@drugfreeambassadors.com.au or call 02 9692 730.
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