SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than a
million expected to flood the San
Francisco Bay Area for this year's NFL championship, the
Foundation for a Drug-Free World is reaching out throughout the
week with factual information to help tackle the drug abuse
epidemic.
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Drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S.:
- Illicit drug sales in San
Francisco alone are estimated at $400
million annually.
- Illicit drug sales for the entire country as of 2010 came to an
estimated $100 billion.
- The direct and indirect cost of illicit
drug use—including crime, health care and lost
productivity is more than $193
billion annually.
- In 2014, more than 25,000 Americans died of prescription drug
overdose alone.
One of the world's largest nongovernmental drug education and
prevention campaigns, the Foundation for a Drug-Free World is in
the forefront of providing effective drug prevention.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy states
that drug prevention is "the most cost-effective way to reduce drug
use and its consequences," and "the best approach to reducing the
tremendous toll substance abuse exacts from individuals, families
and communities is to prevent the damage before it occurs." It also
states that according to recent research "every dollar invested in
school-based substance use prevention programs has the potential to
save up to $18 in costs related to
substance use."
Volunteers are handing out copies of booklets called The
Truth About Drugs, playing their award-winning public service
announcements and The Truth About Drugs—Real People, Real Stories
documentary and collecting signatures on their drug-free
pledge.
Parents, concerned their kids may already be taking drugs, may speak to one of the volunteers to
discover a simple way to broach the subject and help their children
make informed decisions not to experiment with drugs or to quit
before it's too late.
The volunteers are also there to answer questions and arrange
free drug prevention materials and training for any parents,
mentors or educators wishing to do something effective to end the
drug epidemic.
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