Foundation for a Drug-Free World opened its headquarters in downtown Clearwater, Florida, Saturday, July 11.
Through its Truth About Drugs program, the Foundation is committed to eradicating drug abuse and providing meaningful drug education to young people throughout the area.
The Drug-Free World facility could not possibly come at a better or more necessary time, with illicit drug use and abuse at a crisis point in Florida. A few alarming statistics tell the dire tale. Every 32 hours, someone in Pinellas County dies from a drug overdose. Some 63 percent of high school students in the county have used alcohol or other illicit drugs. Designer drugs including K2 (a synthetic marijuana) and other drugs are surfacing in convenience stores around the area. The Sheriff’s Department is enforcing bans on these drugs, but they are easily manufactured and put back on the market.
The Foundation for a Drug-Free World and its Truth About Drugs program, stands as one of the world’s largest nongovernmental drug education and prevention initiatives.
Fact-filled, high-impact educational materials are distributed by the Foundation to schools, communities and governmental institutions worldwide. DrugFreeWorld.org is the leading drug education site, visited more than the next five top drug education sites combined.
The new Foundation for a Drug-Free World center on Fort Harrison Avenue stands ready to deliver drug education and prevention for the community.