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![Drug-Free World Teams Up With Educators to Bring the Truth About Drugs to BCS Youth](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/cb/48/73b7385b67db31295f9c56fc2280.jpg)
US-based Foundation springboards SEP's campaign this week to achieve drug-free BCS schools and communities
![Team USA Women's Eight - the Best in the Water and the Best in Life](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/63/bf/2b8cd53097d6eaf2c7bb5731e9c9.jpg)
Not only did they bring home the Gold, they are gold-medal examples for the next generation as advocates of drug-free living in an era when that example is urgently needed.
![Volunteers at Rio Olympics Launch Gold-Medal Effort to Defeat Drug Abuse](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/be/53/61cb02486f589c483d50c63ae514.jpg)
Residents of Rio de Janeiro, Olympians, thousands of volunteers and the Foundation for a Drug-Free World have joined forces to tackle the drug epidemic with a massive multi-media drug prevention campaign.
![Exhibit Sounds the Alarm on Abuse in the Field of Mental Health](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/9d/e2/7abfc59aad749488faed2cffc5b1.jpg)
A disturbing interactive exhibition exposes dangerous psychiatric practices
![Promoting Good Choices in the Community](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/01/d2/f41243f578953277c3a161d46858.jpg)
Volunteers from the Church of Scientology Cambridge say, "making positive change is in your hands."
![Helping to Make Baja California Sur Schools and Communities Drug-Free](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/6a/5c/909e361ab929b0e7f7c609baf2ba.jpg)
Baja California Sur renews its partnership with Foundation for a Drug-Free World to continue to bring the truth about drugs to youth and future generations.
![Freedom From Drug Abuse is the Message of the Drug-Free Soccer Tournament](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/e4/d8/1755cebe48f293b3e129d40aa911.jpg)
The sixth annual Drug-Free Tournament of Cagliari, Italy, promotes that when someone kicks drugs, everyone wins
![Helping Wyoming Tackle Drug and Alcohol Abuse](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/04/ec/b9a3caaece2f5cad974a8b4bdd78.jpg)
Foundation for a Drug-Free World volunteers reach out in Wyoming with effective drug education.
![Colorado Breaks the Record for Overdose Fatalities . . . Again](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/21/2d/c00bfc0ccae7c639e9f3a3653096.jpg)
Working to reverse the drug epidemic by reaching kids with the truth about drugs before they begin to abuse.
![Drug-Free Youth Association Partners With Drug-Free World](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/8f/a6/651a4615c90deaab531b4c36a61f.jpg)
Malaysian hardcore punk band shatters the myth that you have to take drugs to be cool.
![Niagara High Schoolers Learn the Truth About Drugs](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/55/78/f2311709cbb54ae7c2fb9cf62e93.jpg)
Foundation for a Drug-Free World lectures helped students decide to live drug-free
![What Will It Take to Make Cyprus Drug-Free?](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/e4/6d/3741df8851fc2fabf17aadc465b7.jpg)
Far from being a rhetorical question, an artist and mother of two teenagers is setting her sites on a drug-free country.
![Retired Officer and Wife Expose the Truth](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/77/cb/2a397b1de6925c51b65f02464c4f.jpg)
After spending 21 years busting dealers, Frank Bianco, with the help of his wife Anne, is determined to educate the community and save lives. With the help of the drug education materials of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, they are doing just that.
![Former Addict is Leading the Campaign to Save Lives](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/10/53/6429b3dfae895af2e79ed0aaa648.jpg)
Carmen Margro, once an addict, now heads Foundation for a Drug-Free World South Africa. She says saving lives with the Truth About Drugs is "the best high" she's ever had.
![Foundation for a Drug-Free World Rings NASDAQ Opening Bell](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/55/4c/aee1ee753e30c25b42d8e9e16b31.jpg)
Drug education and prevention were front and center Sept. 15 when the Foundation for a Drug-Free World was featured in the NASDAQ opening ceremony.
![Church of Scientology Auckland Hosts Forum Against Drug Abuse](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/28/4d/0a93a668040382184b6585e206b7.jpg)
Working together to create a drug-free New Zealand
![10th Annual Drug-Free Heroes Awards Gala Honors New York Anti-Drug Advocates](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/8f/f4/f4a2b7ee5786e7103caf2f7f3cdf.jpg)
Dozens of humanitarians were honored as Drug-Free Heroes at the 10th Annual Foundation for a Drug-Free World gala
![Young Art and Essay Contest Winners Awarded by Mayor](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/18/87/49bfaf4f71d709b7be16bf5a6ac1.jpg)
Niagara Falls Mayor and City Council applaud youth for their drug-free advocacy.
![Drug Use and Trafficking Decreased in Rio de Janeiro During the 2016 Olympics for the First Time Since 2008](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/24/4d/a7ef13fadfccdd10e2a51316b361.jpg)
Statistics point to the effective drug prevention efforts of the Rio Civil Police
![16th Annual Marathon for a Drug-Free Hungary](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/70/fa/0a422ecce9398143c2a84f9b0b91.jpg)
Athletes, city officials and educators team up to bring the truth about drugs to the youth of Hungary.
![Rio Olympics Inspire a Massive Campaign to End Drug Abuse](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/2f/f3/3b1e991c70f4a4fefa1d543479c0.jpg)
The 2016 Olympics saw the launch of an unprecedented drug prevention campaign determined to spread the truth about drugs throughout Brazil. The Foundation for a Drug-Free World built a corps of local volunteers passionate about ending the country's crack epidemic.
![Five Reasons to Get Involved in Drug Education](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/ec/db/4fc8c73ebe259ab77db4c5fe3b4c.jpg)
Five recent letters from teachers, school resource officers and community leaders who use the Truth About Drugs materials illustrate the impact—and urgency—of drug education.
![Emily Regan, of the U.S. Gold-Medal Women's Eight Rowing Team Tells Kids to Live Drug-Free](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/c2/1e/1c9bc4bf4828eb2840052da6ee09.jpg)
In her Drug-Free World cap and with gold medal in hand, Emily Regan, of the U.S. Women's Eight Rowing Team, gives golden advice to Rio kids--play and stay drug-free.
![U.S. Women's Eight Rowing Gold Medalists Spread Truth About Drugs](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/fc/69/1cf577f1d650e4ca0f14f65bd43b.jpg)
The world record-breaking U.S. Women's Eight Rowing Team gold medalists and Drug-Free World volunteers spread the truth about drugs at the Rio Olympics to help Brazil counter its crack cocaine epidemic. Brazil has the highest incidence of crack consumption in the world.
![Gold Medalist Rowing Coxswain Katelin Snyder and Drug-Free World in Rio](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/04/ad/85cc9e6a60efe92be789c0b6c64b.jpg)
At the Rio Olympics, U.S. Women's Gold Medalist rowing coxswain Katelin Snyder and her teammates, who shattered the world record at the Rio games, join Foundation for a Drug-Free World volunteers, encouraging youth to pledge to play and stay drug-free .
![Groups Commit to End Drug Abuse in Brazil](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/0e/c7/911db4fb5889a805e0780c1df91a.jpg)
While the Olympics have drawn world attention to Brazil, there are many who are playing a different game—a dead-end game of crack addiction in the slums of the city. The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is working with hundreds of volunteers from local churches and nonprofits to reverse the country's deadly crack epidemic.
![Local Merchants Join in the Fight Against Drugs](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/c7/6c/cc458225ee6b1944fc20eaa2d052.jpg)
Volunteers from the Belgian chapter of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World raise awareness of the drug problem in their country.
![Foundation for a Drug-Free World Launches Campaign for Brazil Olympics](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/64/6d/72f67a088a7530e1635ce1fa0e36.jpg)
Creating partnerships with civic and nonprofit organizations to bring the truth about drugs to the people of Brazil.
![Drug-Free World Brings the Truth About Drugs to the 2016 Euro Games](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/d4/71/7df137d3902bb8df7f66cabc0667.jpg)
Volunteers from the Foundation for a Drug-Free World reached 300,000 with effective drug education at the UEFA football games.
![London Drug-Free Olympics](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/dc/1c/b6c50c8ebbc87fa052fcad890a58.jpg)
British volunteers carried out the largest anti-drug operation in history, organizing the distribution of one million Truth About Drugs booklets during the London 2012 Olympics.
![Campaigning to Free Southeast Sardinia From Drug Abuse](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/e9/f4/2e38d981872c8dcdf79147821111.jpg)
Volunteers from Cagliari are spearheading a movement to eliminate drug abuse in southeastern Sardinia.
![15th Annual Drug-Free Hungary Marathon Launches April 9](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/70/f6/1ba9ddb863a0adb16840e46d40b2.jpg)
Drug-prevention activists are making their final preparations for Hungary's largest drug prevention event—a grueling 42-day, 2,000-km race through more than 300 towns and cities and all 19 counties of Hungary to promote drug-free living to the youth of the country.
![Volunteers Bring Truth About Drugs to the Streets of Vancouver](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/e2/96/748987112ac88b24e92468a649c5.jpg)
Teams from Vancouver hit the streets to spread the message— "Say No to Drugs."
![Foundation for a Drug-Free World Clearwater Center—a Resource for the Community](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/17/55/fc96812d18dd5574fc82f8d595aa.jpg)
With drug abuse at crisis level in the Tampa Bay Area, the Foundation for a Drug-Free World trains community leaders to reach kids with effective drug education before they begin to experiment with dangerous drugs.
![Brussels Survey Shows Need for Drug Prevention](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/1d/33/4283ce0d6d470931b84d9a89fd92.jpg)
Volunteers surveyed Brussels shop owners and customers on their attitudes toward drugs and distributed more than 2,000 copies of drug education booklets.
![Operation "Freedom From Drugs" in Sardinia, Italy](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/86/34/fe19de74a25cf566d88300a43eaf.jpg)
Drug-Free World Cagliari is targeting drugs in a campaign to improve the quality of life in Sardinia, Italy.
![Drug-Free South Responds to Alarming Drug Trend](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/a7/e9/0051d7c5019793d663cc59584839.jpg)
To counter the drug abuse epidemic affecting the city, Drug-Free South volunteers hit the streets distributing copies of The Truth About Drugs in Nashville's busy downtown district.
![Leaders Unite to Address South Africa's Future](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/43/cc/b64872fa6f52908805c0d39910bb.jpg)
Foundation for a Drug-Free World invited to South Africa SEFSA Leaders Summit. Drug prevention is an essential factor in a strong future for the country.
![Drug-Free World to Attend Gauteng City Regional Anti-Substance Abuse Summit](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/ea/64/2aa27ca3b5d0787563c473c0663d.jpg)
The next phase of the ramp up of Gauteng Premier David Makhura's #Drugs Must Fall movement
![Cosmo City Joins Gauteng Premier's #Drugs Must Fall Movement](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/b9/0e/76c8e9dbf2c1c8fef67f8b2c9b1c.jpg)
Tackling drug abuse as the first, vital step to accelerate social transformation and sustainable development in the South African province.
![Drug-Free World volunteers work with Fire Department](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/fa/06/24ecf02b687182df6c69abc845b8.jpg)
Because young people presented with the unvarnished facts about what drugs can do are far more likely to reject them on their own, Truth About Drugs is in high demand as an educational tool in schools, law enforcement units, fire departments and community-based settings. More than 62 million educational booklets have been distributed, and public service announcements have reached more than 260 million viewers in 123 countries.
![Ravenna, Italy, Volunteers Ask, "Do You Know Everything You Should About Drugs?"](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/af/de/f98ccc389bf171b5cf17d1c4dead.jpg)
Reaching out to club-goers with the truth about drugs.
![WHEN THE SQUEEZE IS ON #Drugfreeworld #Eldoradopark #Southafrica](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/e9/bb/e99530b1a6c72b3bc302acfd07b9.jpg)
On Sunday Morning the 28th of Feb 2016 Drug Free World Eldorado Park had the opportunity to speak to the entire congregation of Evangelistic Outreach Ministries in Eldorado Park, South Africa to a capacity filled church. Pastor Errol Jacobs is the Executive Director for Drug Free World Eldorado Park and he spoke about the "Truth about drugs" and the harmful effects that drugs has on the body and in life.
![Foundation for a Drug-Free Africa Backs Gauteng Premier's #Drugs Must Fall Movement](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/82/ac/e5b07c2d6ec14bb4d1537e3a0b0a.jpg)
In the vanguard of the fight to free Gauteng communities from the grip of drug abuse, the Foundation for a Drug-Free Africa joined the thousands who marched through the streets of Eldorado Park for a drug-free community.
![UK Town Mayor Takes Lead in Mayors Against Drugs National Campaign](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/2a/c3/e2af7a769020f5bdc46924e8cad5.jpg)
Taking a personal stand against the drug pandemic that affects communities across the country
![Foundation for a Drug-Free World Florida Racing Through Tampa Bay With the Truth About Drugs](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/95/20/3d3c57a7617d90cc19bad2c902fd.jpg)
The Foundation for a Drug Free World Florida will participate in the "Race for the Cupcake" Saturday, February 27, at Pass-A-Grille Beach in Hurley Park, St. Pete Beach, to spread its message of the truth about drugs.
![Curbing the LA Drug Scene](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/b2/a1/51c98a080c6f92b869cc1f64908d.jpg)
L.A. Chapter of Drug-Free World Fights Back Against Escalating Drug Use and Crime
![Drug-Free World "Segway Team" Rolls Through San Francisco's Embarcadero in the Week Before the Big Game](https://cdn.nwe.io/files/x/6c/41/b452f52ee7ecdf9c989ddfaaa38c.jpg)
Committed to tackling drug abuse before it begins, a team of Drug-Free World volunteers is rolling through the Embarcadero to reach fans in town for the NFL's Super Weekend with the truth about drugs.