{"id":92610,"date":"2023-08-14T16:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=92610"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:46:21","slug":"how-a-bike-loving-italian-anti-drug-activist-is-helping-italy-live-drug-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/how-a-bike-loving-italian-anti-drug-activist-is-helping-italy-live-drug-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Bike-Loving Italian Anti-Drug Activist is Helping Italy Live Drug-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERGAMO, Italy, Aug. 14, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Motorbikes roared through the city of Bergamo this June and leaned into the curves around Lake Iseo on one of Italy\u2019s most breathtaking and challenging highways. The bikers wore bright green vests bearing the logo of Foundation for a Drug-Free World proclaiming \u201cDico No alla Droga<\/em>\u201d (Say No to Drugs) on the 6th annual Motogiro for a Drug-Free Italy. This and many other drug prevention events over the summer and throughout the year are featured on the Scientology Network in an episode of\u00a0Voices for Humanity<\/em><\/a> on the work of a team of drug education and prevention activists led by Drug-Free World Italy Executive Director Oreste Depaoli.<\/p>\n

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Caption: Each summer, Oresti Depaoli, featured on Scientology Network’s “Voices for Humanity,” organizes the Motogiro for a Drug-Free Italy and many other drug prevention events over the summer and throughout the year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Depaoli recalls his childhood, hanging out with older boys who introduced him to using drugs when he was 12.\u00a0An addict by 19, he overdosed and nearly died. And he realized that if he continued on this path, it would kill him. That was in 1992.<\/p>\n

He quit cold turkey and has never looked back. But many of his friends died of overdose or drug-related accidents and he wanted to do something effective to handle the blatant false propaganda that leads so many youth down the same dangerous path as the one he took. So when he learned about Foundation for a Drug-Free World, he immediately came on board.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore and more people are dying of drug overdose in Italy every year,\u201d says Depaoli.\u00a0\u201cWhere there are drugs, there are guns, crime and death. … People are not well informed about what drugs are and what they do. And there are active campaigns in our society that make it look like drugs do no harm. … If people knew what drugs really lead to, they could choose not to take them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Truth About Drugs campaign of Foundation for a Drug-Free World provides that information. Drug-Free World Foundation is an international nonprofit organization that partners with some 1,200 organizations, and government and law enforcement agencies worldwide to educate the public on the danger of drugs.<\/p>\n

Using the resources from Foundation for a Drug-Free World, volunteers in countries across the globe are reaching their communities with this vital information. Foundation for a Drug-Free World also provides\u00a0drug education eCourses<\/a>\u00a0free of charge through the\u00a0Drug-Free World website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the support of the Church of Scientology and Scientologists, the Foundation provides the Truth About Drugs secular program and materials free of charge to drug educators worldwide. Scientology Founder L.\u00a0Ron\u00a0Hubbard noted the role substance abuse plays in the disintegration of the social fabric. He wrote, \u201cResearch has demonstrated that the single most destructive element present in our current culture is drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voices for Humanity<\/em>\u00a0is available on\u00a0Scientology Network on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and can be streamed at\u00a0Scientology.tv<\/a>, on\u00a0mobile apps<\/a>\u00a0and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.\u00a0Since 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

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Caption: Each summer, Oresti Depaoli, featured on Scientology Network\u2019s\u00a0\u201cVoices for Humanity,\u201d organizes the Motogiro for a Drug-Free Italy and\u00a0many other drug prevention events over the summer and throughout the year.<\/p>\n

TAGS:<\/strong> #VoicesforHumanity #DrugFreeWorld #ScientologyNetwork #OresteDepaolio #SayNotoDrugs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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