- Paris embraces the Truth About Drugs at the world's foremost sporting event - PARIS, France, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 24, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With the eyes of the world on Paris, and some 6 million gathered in the city and other host venues for the 2024 Olympics, Foundation for a Drug-Free World organized a massive distribution of drug education booklets.
Hundreds of volunteers from Non à la Drogue, Oui à la Vie (No to Drugs, Yes to Life Association) were delighted to find broad-based support from individuals and groups eager to contribute to the cause. “Drugs are at the root of immeasurable human suffering,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his message on the International Day Against Drug Abuse this year. “Evidence-based drug prevention programmes can protect people and communities alike, while taking a bite out of illicit economies that profit from human misery.
” “This is what has driven the Foundation’s work since its inception,” says Foundation for a Drug-Free World Executive Director Jessica Hochman, “providing fact-based education to empower youth and adults to make the informed decision to live drug-free.” “Reaching out with a million Truth About Drugs booklets was a huge challenge,” said one Non à la Drogue volunteer. “But we were welcomed by fans at Olympic venues and people we met on the streets.
Shopkeepers saw the importance of sharing these booklets with their customers and were eager to take part in.