Volunteers from Non à la copyright, Oui à la vie have distributed more than 16,000 drug-prevention booklets across French cities and rural communities. The volunteer-led prevention campaign in France involves shopkeepers, parents and educators.
The distributions included 5,100 booklets in Paris’s eu newsletter Oberkampf district, 3,100 in Tarn and 3,000 through approximately 50 shops in Arcachon.
The visits also prompted requests for teaching resources. In Ariège, a person working with a centre for young people with disabilities approached volunteers for materials.
The campaign uses La vérité sur la copyright, the French version of the secular Truth About Drugs programme. Support from the Church of Scientology and its members reflects founder L. Ron Hubbard’s concern about drugs and their effects on society.
Ivan Arjona, Scientology’s representative to the European Union, OSCE, Council of Europe and United Nations, said: “Parents and teachers need information they can use, and young people deserve straight answers.”
Across Europe, Scientology churches, missions and members support drug education, human-rights awareness and community service.