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F A C T S H E E T
Churches of Scientology
Their Anti-drug Campaigns and Activities
WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ARE DOING ABOUT THE DRUG PROBLEM:
Scientologists are active in efforts to resolve the drug problem in all its different aspects. Their activities include broad public campaigns to warn others, especially the young, of the dangers of drugs. Thus, the Churches of Scientology unite concerned community groups, and organize or sponsor public awareness forums, anti-drug rallies and educational conferences.
UNITED STATES ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNS
U.S. based Church-sponsored anti-drug campaigns have reached large segments of society in a wide-ranging drug-education drive to raise awareness on the dangers of drugs. The “Lead the Way to a Drug-Free USA” program has become one of the most widespread grassroots endeavors of its kind, today supported by tens of thousands of children and adults, including United States senators and congressmen, state legislators, mayors, judges and police chiefs.
The Drug-Free Marshals program encourages youth to keep themselves and their peers off drugs. They pledge to keep their friends and family drug-free, and promote drug-free living through special events. The program began in 1993 and since that time, tens of thousands of children and adults have joined its ranks.
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