Locals do their bid to stop drugs in the North Shore



Killarney Heights locals Maureen MacDonald and Beatrice Fong live only down the road from

the local Funday set up over the weekend on Sunday. Active in the anti-drug campaign, Drug

Free Ambassadors, they didn't have to go far afoot to make their presense felt.



"The feedback was very positive, everyone liked what we were doing, thought it was a

good idea and over 150 people took the drug free pledge," said Maureen, a volunteer for

several years.



Primary and high school students and parents came to find out all about it and most were

from the local area. One girl picked up a booklet on ICE because she had to do a project at

school. Another lady had a family member with a problem and Maureen got her contact details

and will follow it up with ways to help that person become drug free and get effective

rehabilitation.



Another aunt took the Truth About Drugs booklet as her nephew was on drugs and she had hope

it would help him.



Volunteers noted that comments from youth written on the pledgeboard were positive, like

"hugs not drugs," which is consequently the Lion's Club slogan.



Drug Free Ambassadors itself was started by the Church of Scientology in 1993 and in 2005

became Drug Free Ambassadors Australia Incorporated, a tax exempt charitable entity and

continues to help communities all over Sydney and Australia fight the scourge of drugs.



For more information contact Maureen on 02 9453 0005 or the general contact

info@drugfreeambassadors.org.au.

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In western Sydney, the Drug Free Ambassadors group attends a huge festival in high risk area to get the message out about the risks drugs. Web Free-Press-Release.com For_Immediate_Release: Australia, Commonwealth of ( Press Release ) September 19, 2007 -- The festival of cultures and colours passed with great success. Music, dance, costume, all shown what greatness lies in the western part of Sydney. Within the festival were a dynamic group of volunteers, the Drug Free Ambassadors, an initiative started by the Church of Scientology , who swore in public to lead a drug-free life. 208 pledges were made at this festival and there was extremely good feedback. A Mother with 3 kids in th age of 3, 6 and 9 came and all did the pledge. Mother said she and kids would have their father stll with them if he would have known better about the harmfull effects of drugs, but he is no longer with them due to heroin and methadone. Another social worker came and said he is dealing with drug cases every day and is trying to get people off drugs and that includes giving examples of how drugs ruin poeple's lives. Volunteer David Rootes was a key player as Mt Druitt is his hometown and he is very active in making a better community throught this campaign. He gave drug booklets to the PCYC, City Council (even Stephen Bali Councilor for Ward 4) signed the drug free pledgeboard and then he spoke to group on how to promote it. Others came with ideas of getting further activities going with local community groups and even working out a plan to implement anti-drug activities throughout Mt Druitt on a large scale and doing a special print run of 10 different drug booklets for Mt Druitt and surrounding areas itself. Over 800 pieces of anti-drug promotion went out and the goodwill was abundant. Spokesman Cyrus Brooks said: "Mt Druitt is great and the volunteers were ecstatic at the response. We love coming out here and meeting with everybody and get such great support. Humanitarian and drug researcher L. Ron Hubbard said 'save the child and you save the nation' and that's what we are doing." For more information, to help or be a corporate sponsor for that special printing, please contact info@drugfreeambassadors.org.au or call Cyrus on +61 428 755 244. For more information: 19-37 Greek street, Glebe NSW 2037 Australia 02 9692 7308 www.drugfreeambassadors.org.au Drug Free Ambassadors Contact author Email to a colleague Printer friendly version Add to social bookmarks Comments Report adult / spam Keywords: drug , drug education , kid , sydney , mt. druitt , scientology , l. ron hubbard , Like this press relase? Share it to social bookmarking websites: LEAVE A COMMENT Title: Message: * No HTML tags or BBCODE. * NO SPAM! Your name: Your email: (Please provide a valid email.) Please read the number in the image: Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. TOP ↑ CONTACT AUTHOR Send a private message to 'Drug Free Ambassadors' >>> Latest News in the Industry 3 Month Old Dies in Daycare BIMBOMARKET: from today strollers can be... Setting Free the Bears: The Corner Stork... Treatments for Children with ADD / ADHD 24 hour charity football match featuring... What Happens When A 14 Ounce Infant... New Unique Line of Children’s Cards -... appeal Isabelle Zehnder: See the person, not the... Pubblicato www.tatapu.it, il portale... MORE : 1 News by Industry Automotive Blogging & Social Media Business Economy Environment Home and Family Legal / Law Lifestyle Medical Politics Religion Society Sports Technology Trade More ... News by Country United States of America China, People's Republic of United Kingdom of Great Britain... India, Republic of United States of America Canada Australia, Commonwealth of United Kingdom of Great Britain... South Africa, Republic of Armenia Hong Kong, Special... Bahrain, Kingdom of Canada Russian Federation Germany More ...

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02 9692 7308

0428 755 244

27 Aug 07

Anti-drug Group Vows to Fight Meth Abuse Across the State



Drug Free Ambassadors Australia has announced a much need "injection" of the

"Truth about Ice" into the community across the state as the headlines splash of

violence and tragedy.



An ambulance worker noted recently they they would "be lucky not to see two or three

Ice overdoses a night." It's an indicator of a growing problem, and it's the

psychosis and physical danger much associated with Ice that makes it such sensational copy

for the media.



Behind the headlines are real stories, people who have gone through it and survived, and

people that are doing their damndest to prevent more ruined lives. Cyrus Brooks, spokesman

for the Drug Free Ambassadors, tells about that crusade.



"We're getting out to the fairs and festivals, rave parties and schools, working

with police and like-minded groups," Brooks said. "Out booklets are no-nonsense

information, that doesn't go overboard and just try to scare people, but doesn't go

the other way and get wishy-washy either. Drugs DO cause severe damage to the person and

community. Now everyone will really get why."



What is it? Ice is the common name for crystal methamphetamine. It is just one form of the

drug methamphetamine, a stimulant. You may have heard the names, speed (about 20 % purity

powder form), "base" (40% pure) which is more sticky and "ice" or

"crystal" which can be 80% pure methamphetamine. It's commonly snorted, smoked

or injected. The drug creates a false sense of happiness and well-being - a rush,

hyperactiveness and one also experiences decreased appetite. These drug effects generally

last from six to eight hours, but can last up to 24 hours. "I tried it once and BOOM! I

was addicted," said one meth addict who lost his family, friends, his profession as a

musician and ended up homeless. Long term effects can include Psychosis, Depression, Damage

to the brain similar Alzheimer's, heart attacks, stroke, death and epilepsy.



When you see a meth user, why do they sometimes have a lot of scabs on their skin? This is

one of the darker sides of the drug and a stage of use called Tweaking. In fact, an abuser

is most dangerous when experiencing this phase of the addiction. Tweaking occurs at the end

of a drug binge when methamphetamine no longer provides a rush or a high. Unable to relieve

the dreadful feelings of emptiness an craving, an abuser loses his sense of identity.

Intense itching is common and a user can become convinced that bugs are crawling under his

skin. His hallucinations are so vivid that they seem real and disconnected from reality, he

can become hostile and dangerous to himself and others. The potential for self-mutilation is

high.



"The amazing thing about drug use is that it doesn't bring drug knowledge. People

may know the experience, but don't know what the drug is really doing to them. This is

why the Truth about Drugs campaign is so important. Our campaign was started by the Church

of Scientology, but now we have everyone involved. Other Church or government organizations

and schools and even security or rave organisers are coming aboard. Our next foray into the

drug scourge will be a large printing and distribution of the Ice booklet across the State

and we are calling on all those interested in helping to contact us," said Brooks.



For more information, contact info@drugfreeambassadors.org.au or 02 9692 7308.  

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