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Narconon staff are intimately familiar
with the horrors of drug addiction, for many were themselves
freed from lives of addiction by participating in the program.
Consequently, Narconon staff and supporters work diligently
to educate both children and adults about the dangers of substance
abuse.
Over the years, Narconon drug education lecturers have developed
a highly effective model and format to explain the consequences
of substance abuse.
Knowing
that “scare tactics” don’t work, Narconon
lecturers present the truth
about drugs—the facts—and
do so in a way that their audiences can see, understand and
make up their own minds not to try these substances.
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Narconon initiated
providing celebrities an opportunity to set a drug-free
example for youth. Kirstie Alley as Narconon International
spokesperson has done so through presentation of the
Drug-Free Hero Awards.
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To date, more than a million young people have attended Narconon
drug education presentations throughout the US and in numerous
countries including Sweden, Italy, Germany, Russia, Israel,
Lithuania, Hungary, Zimbabwe, Taiwan and Brazil.
In an independent study to determine the impact of the Narconon
drug prevention program, students from fifteen Southern California
schools were surveyed before and after attending a Narconon
drug education lecture. Eighty-six percent of the students who
had indicated before the lecture that they might have used drugs
in the future, afterwards stated they no longer wanted to use
drugs. And 57% of those who earlier had been indifferent toward
drug use now had a positive change of attitude.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, a series of drug education lectures were
delivered to several thousand students, parents and teachers
in an urban district said to have the highest crime rate in
the world. In addition, 130 police officers were trained as
drug prevention specialists. A follow-up study at one of the
schools involved found that although the school population had
increased 70 percent, drug use had decreased 80 percent over
the two years of the program.
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What
educators say:
“Through research, Narconon has developed  a
wonderful program. All of my students evaluated these
presentations very highly. Many of them stated that they
had learned more in this one-hour presentation than three
years with other programs.”
Health Educator, Massachusetts
“I believe the manner in which you presented your
information has substantially influenced students to understand
that the choices they make about drugs will have an enormous
impact on their lives.”
High School Science Teacher
What the kids say:
Definitely, my thoughts  were
changed. I didn’t know that drugs would get in your
veins and damage the way your body performs. I didn’t
know that drugs could stay in your body for 30 years—I’m
going to stay away from drugs any way possible.”
“I thought when I grow up I could sell drugs [and]
nothing will happen to the people that I sell to, but
when I heard what you said to us I thought instead of
selling drugs, I should help people, not kill them.” |
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