The best drug prevention activities involve getting kids involved in their community, contributing to the culture and building on our current foundation. The next generation will soon be directly serving the community. We can significantly influence their involvement by encouraging and supporting worthwhile activities now.

Drug education is more of a warning system, an alert of what to watch out for in our free market system economy. Educating kids about drugs really only works when other more effective and permanent opportunities are accessible.

Prevention Education as an Opportunity

When a kid has realized for themselves that they are a member of the community, that they have a place and that they influence their community and others, they should be encouraged to plan out their lives.

Goal setting and working on real short, medium and long term goals gives a person compass to their lives. Without goals people tend to flounder around and really just find that average median or lowest common denominator of life activity – boredom, drug abuse, hanging out.

West Van Drug Prevention

Any community that makes a big deal of important traditions, important roles in the community will be making a positive impression for kids to follow and live up to. Community pride and placing values into good and right acts goes a long way in creating a culture of prevention.

More importantly emphasizing values creates a culture of opportunity where drugs hold the lowest importance and community involvement holds the highest value.

Tibor A. Palatinus,

Narconon Drug Prevention Specialist