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PHOTO CAPTION: Scientologists across the globe mobilized on World Health Day to help their communities prevent drug overdose deaths.<\/em><\/p>\n
With a powerful new synthetic opioid known as\u00a0ISO (isotonitazene<\/a>) leaving disaster in its wake, the need for effective drug education and prevention has never been greater than now. Scientologists used this UN Day to introduce their communities to a program that can save lives.<\/p>\n The Pennsylvania-based\u00a0Center for Forensic Science Research and Education\u00a0estimates that ISO is 10 times more powerful than fentanyl, the drug responsible for the spike in overdose deaths in the United States.<\/p>\n Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody<\/a>\u00a0warned the drug\u00a0is \u201cso strong that it can kill just by coming in contact with someone\u2019s skin or being accidentally inhaled. ISO has already been linked to overdose deaths in Florida.\u201d And she urges people to \u201cplease, never take\u00a0any<\/em>\u00a0illicit drug and know that using just one time could cost you your life.\u201d<\/p>\n The UK has also seen an increase in drug poisoning deaths during the pandemic with approximately two-thirds of the deaths related to opioids. The\u00a0British Medical Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0states\u00a0isotonitazene \u201cis 500 times more potent than morphine.\u201d<\/p>\n Scientology Churches and Missions sponsor chapters of Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Volunteers share the Foundation\u2019s Truth About Drugs initiative with local families, educators, school resource officers and anyone wishing to prevent senseless overdose deaths and help youth get off to a good start in life.<\/p>\n One of the key elements of the Foundation\u2019s drug education and prevention materials is the award-winning\u00a0Truth About Drugs\u2014Real People, Real Stories<\/em>\u00a0documentary. It features interviews with former addicts who lived to tell the tale. And a common thread in their stories is that:<\/p>\n It isn\u2019t enough to tell kids to \u201csay \u2019No\u2019 to drugs.\u201d They have to understand why. That is what makes the Truth About Drugs so effective. By watching the videos and reading the youth-friendly booklets, young people can make the self-determined decision to do what experts say is the only foolproof way of avoiding overdose deaths in this age of designer additives: Simply do not experiment with illicit drugs in the first place.<\/p>\n Foundation for a Drug-Free World<\/a>\u00a0is a secular nonprofit public benefit corporation that empowers youth and adults with factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions and live drug-free. The Foundation oversees the Truth About Drugs campaign and coordinates an international network of volunteers brought together by their common purpose to create a drug-free world.<\/p>\n Grown to a network of thousands of volunteers in more than 200 chapters around the world, the Foundation partners with some 1,800 groups and organizations.<\/p>\n The Scientology Network original series\u00a0Voices for Humanity<\/em>\u00a0documents the kind of change this initiative can accomplish:<\/p>\n Learn more about the Truth About Drugs initiative and Foundation for a Drug-Free World on the\u00a0Scientology Network<\/a>. Since launching with a special episode featuring Scientology ecclesiastical leader\u00a0Mr. David Miscavige<\/a>, Scientology Network has been viewed in 240 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages.<\/p>\n LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/voices-for-humanity\/episodes\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/documentaries\/the-truth-about-drugs.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0414-s2p-cosdrugtruth-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nCaption: Scientologists across the globe mobilized on World Health Day to help their communities prevent drug overdose deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 14, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Scientology Churches promoted drug education on World Health Day April 7, with seminars, presentations and drug education distribution events to prevent drug abuse and overdose deaths. With a powerful new synthetic opioid known as ISO (isotonitazene) leaving disaster in its wake, the need for effective drug education and prevention has never been greater than now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":80801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,12804,10,187],"tags":[16393,18013],"class_list":["post-80808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-ap","category-california-news","category-los-angeles-news","tag-truth-about-drugs-program","tag-world-health-day","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3053,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-0414-s2p-cosdrugtruth-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}