HOW ONE DETERMINED VENEZUELAN IS DROPPING DRUG USAGE BY 40%

In spite of having educated some 4,000 soldiers, 135,000 company personnel and 450,000 students in Venezuela, Mario Chirinos will tell you he’s just getting started.


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ITALIAN SAY NO TO DRUGS TEAM TAKES ON THE HEROIN CAPITAL OF EUROPE

A group of concerned parents is taking matters into its own hands to create a drug-free Milano, enlisting music-lovers, soccer-players, city officials and national police in the fight to end drug abuse in their city.


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DRUG-FREE WORLD DEFUSES THE DISASTER

A mighty team in Central Europe works to defuse what has been called “a ticking time bomb” of drug abuse before it starts.


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TUNISIAN BOY SCOUT LEADERS GET THE TRUTH

Youth mentors learn tools they will use to help young addicts.


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FACTS
THE STARTLING TRUTH: About Synthetic Drugs

1 in 9

TWELFTH GRADERS

in 2012 in the U.S. reported using synthetic cannabinoids in the previous year.

20%

MORE

new synthetic psychoactive substances were introduced in the last year.

1,512

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

related to Spice in 2015. That’s a 5X increase since 2014.

650

DESIGNER DRUGS

have flooded Europe over the last ten years.

11,000

ER VISITS

were associated with synthetic marijuana over a one-year period in the U.S.


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