HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LEARN TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS AT EURO 2016

Volunteers from the Foundation for a Drug-Free World handed out 300,000 copies of drug education booklets during the Euro 2016 football championships.


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“NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO SPREAD THE TRUTH”

Antoinette Mbenenge named her life-coaching business “Siyanqoba,” a Xhosa word that means “conquer” or “overcome.” Now, with the Truth About Drugs, she is giving her people the means to do just that.


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FORMER ADDICT SAYS IT’S A “GODSEND”

After over a decade of heroin addiction and horror, Jerry Ortega gets clean and finds purpose with the Truth About Drugs.


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EDUCATION ON SYNTHETIC DRUGS URGENTLY NEEDED

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls for stronger prevention efforts.


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FACTS

MARIJUANA—THE TRUTH
There is a lot of talk about marijuana. Peeling the talk away, here are just the numbers:

55%

OF MARIJUANA USERS

started using due to pressure from their friends.

>400

CHEMICALS

in marijuana and hashish.

20%

THC CONTENT

in marijuana today compared to 1% THC in the marijuana smoked at Woodstock in 1969.

8

POINTS

drop in IQ possible from smoking pot from adolescence to adulthood.

1

JOINT

could cause as much damage to the lungs as 5 cigarettes smoked one after another.


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