I spent the entire morning and afternoon in Surrey, BC delivering drug prevention education – and I didn’t talk about drugs for more than 1 minute!

The best and most persuasive methods of drug prevention is LIFE and finding something valuable to live for.

Surrey, BC drug prevention activities are not so much about learning about drugs, but about learning about life and ourselves. Goal setting and our emotions are one key aspect of life.

Goals & Emotions in Drug Prevention

Learning about the different emotions in life and how emotions relate to the decisions and actions one takes is drug prevention. That’s how drug prevention in Surrey, BC looked today anyway. Kids haven’t really figured out what emotions have to do with their motions or actions in achieving goals. But by helping kids connect the dots, setting goals and finding things that make one happy is an excellent crime and drug deterrent process.

You can contact Narconon Vancouver about drug prevention talks in your school or group today.

Narconon Vancouver

604-873-1762

Narconon Education

Narconon Vancouver is a registered non-profit society in Vancouver, BC. The main purposes of Narconon Vancouver are to educate people of the dangers of drugs so they no longer take them or chose not to take drugs. Secondly, Narconon Vancouver assists people who wish to get off of street drugs or dangerous psychotropic drugs.

Narconon Vancouver

Health, common sense and security are the major focuses of helping people live lives of integrity and honesty. Drug abuse and often recreational drug use leads to or is just a smaller form of escapism at the cost of mental, emotional and physical health.

In BC, Canada the health care system is a burden on the good citizens who pay into it but not so often use. Instead, individuals who chose to fool around with personal drug experimentation will be ruining their mental, emotional and physical well being. They will make themselves sick with drugs. Thereby, the health care system is unjustly taxed by irresponsible and careless drug abusers who seem to have only their concerns in mind when they smoke, snort, drink or pop themselves into oblivion.

Drug abuse is a social problem, it’s a political problem, it’s a damaging health concern. All of these factors need to be brought into the mix when sorting out solutions to drug abuse.

Primary Drug Prevention #1

Narconon Vancouver Prevention education which intervenes before drug abuse begins is the sanest and most economical method of combating a fight against stupidity and greed for personal profit. Drug abuse disconnects people from their societal responsibilities – that first responsibility is to demonstrate and set a good example for others.

Insist upon healthy actions and choices by first living them yourself. Then you’ll be able to speak with conviction when you tell someone abusing drugs, that they are ruining their own health and also taxing an over taxed health / disease care system in BC, Canada.

17 year old Male, May 28, 2009

“I thought this (drug prevention) talk was great because some of my friends from my old school are getting into pot and alcohol and i found this (talk) really informative. I have always been disgusted by the thought of drugs and this talk made me understand exactly how bad they are and what they do. I learned to avoid drugs”

13 year old female, May 28, 2009

“It – the drug prevention talk – was really good and inspiring. Also, it made a much bigger impact cause the talk came from people who went through that horrible lifestyle.If someone were to approach me with drugs and was offering me drugs, i would just walk away and say no”

13 year old female, May 28, 2009

“I thought it (Drug Prevention talk) was really motivating to me to not take drugs and to stay clean for the rest of my life. Yes, it changed my thoughts largely about what I think about drugs now. I can tell others to stay away from drugs and tell them about all the trouble it can cause in their lives.”

14 year old male, May 28, 2009

“I thought it was very motivating and these stories should be told at any school. But now if I am ever offered drugs, I will look back to this day and say no.”

13 year old female, May 28, 2009

“I thought the drug prevention talk was really inspiring because I was able to witness 2 people who legitametly turned their life around.”

“Very informative! A lot of things that I didn’t know. When they were talking about their experiences it really left me speechless. I don’t think I’ll be doing drugs anytime soon!”

15 year old female, May 28, 2009

16 year old male, May 28, 2009

“I thought the drug education talk was insipiring, and I learned about the drugs in the system. The stories were particularly interesting as they show a window into the lives of drug addicts. (Now) I can help people make better decisions, and hopefully prevent it.”

15 year old male, May 28, 2009

“I thought the drug education talk was really good; their transformations were amazing. Honestly, my first thougts were drugs were bad, so my thoughts didn’t change. In fact, i believe in my thoughts more strongly now. (I learned) to stay with the people I love, and not try to fit in. Just stay with the people that liked me in the first place.”

13 year old female, May 28, 2009

“I thought this drug education talk was very informative and even though I’ve heard people always tell me don’t do drugs (before) I would just laugh awkwardly not knowing any details. I learned a lot more about it. I can use this talk as a powerful argument against people who say drugs are good.”

17 year old female, May 28, 2009

Drug Prevention Education in Metro Vancouver, BC

To book talks with a trained professional drug prevention specialist and hear recent graduates of the Narconon Rehab Program share their stories, call:

604-873-1762

PS For a brief description of our Drug Prevention Education talks see: Drug Prevention Education for Metro Vancouver Elementary and High School Students or parents

Emotional Ups and Downs and Drug Use

Emotional changes are normal but, drugs and alcohol hijack these emotions and move one up and down in life. Learning exactly what these emotions are and how to improve ones spirit without drugs is covered.

also discussed are,

Goals

Setting goals is very important to succeed at all. How does goal achievement relate to ones emotional state and health? How can one stay high toned by driving toward goals?

NARCONON Vancouver Society is sponsoring weekly support talks throughout your community! Free of charge

TO SEE CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Future Dates:

Firehall Memorial Library, Vancouver March 17th Tuesday, 7 pm

Queensborough Community Center  March 31, Tuesday 7 pm

West Vancouver Memorial Library April 2nd, Thursday 7 pm

RSVP 604-873-1762 or submit a brief email to us at Family Help

Olympic dreams are about striving to overcome all obstacles toward the goal of victory. What might our youth be like if they were encouraged and pushed to achieve great goals, instead or aiming only at mediocrity and sometimes missing that.

“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.”
Olympic Charter, Fundamental principles

Great achievements and the competitive spirit fuel Olympians to accomplish more than even they thought possible.

The Olympic motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius.” These three Latin words mean “Swifter, Higher, Stronger.” Baron de Coubertin

Metro Vancouver has an opportunity to carry the Olympic Flag proudly and rise above pettiness. Grand standards bring great achievements. Metro Vancouver drug prevention programs could implement these principals into their programs and thus save lives. Adults could rapidly advance a youth movement fostering character development based on Olympic ideals.

A simple yet effective program developing integrity could do more to sway kids away from gang violence and encourage drug-free and healthy living. The Olympics should promote a Golden Age of physical and ethical achievement.

Ethical Principals:

Ethics are long-term survival concepts towards the highest level of survival for all parts of life. Ethics are reason. Ethics consist of the personal actions and choices made by an individual. Ethics assist one to achieve the best possible harmony, communication and interdependence with all of life. Ethics helps people achieve the highest levels of survival and success.

Drug-free Achievement

Drug abuse has resulted in great misery, death and family destruction.

Achieving drug-free standards of excellence in sports and in one’s personal life, one sets a better standard for others to aspire to. Doping is an easy and often dangerous way to attempt momentary gain and risk long-term damage.

Olympic competition selects out the best athletes in the world. These competitors are leaders and role models representing outstanding achievement in athletic performance.

Being the drug-free, living in harmony with natural and breaking through limitations sets the hallmarks of the Olympics.

Honesty, integrity and being drug-free set some of the standards of Olympic virtue and ethics. The Olympics are far more than a two week sports competition. The Olympics are a celebration of people’s indomitable spirit to achieve greater accomplishments despite limitations that other’s might succumb to.

The founder of the Narconon program, William Benitez said this about overcoming temptations to run away from the difficulties in living.

“I found that if a person rehabilitated and applied certain abilities, that person could persevere toward goals set, confront life, isolate problems and resolve them, communicate with life, be responsible and set ethical standards, and function within the band of certainty.” Benitez

Drug Prevention Education

When kids and young adults have goals they truly want to achieve and are assisted in arriving at those objectives, a flame of passion is lit underneath them. Setting big goals, especially in athletic achievement, gives kids something to keep them on the right track.

No one should ever say keeping one’s word and integrity is an easy task. Yet character is determined by being true to ones goals and oneself. Weakness may make us more acceptable to those who fail in achieving tough targets, but who wants to fail?

The Vancouver / Whistler Olympics in 2010 should be a held up as a torch to guide anyone who wants to be more than ‘normal’ or ‘average’. The Olympics are truly about overcoming obstacles toward goals set.

I wish all young people the opportunity to develop and achieve happiness. Setting standards for their own conduct leads to personal triumph.

Tibor A. Palatinus

Drug Prevention Specialist

PS to book a series of talks or purchase videos on prevention call 604-873-1762

Drug Education in Vancouver, Metro Vancouver including Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey, BC has access to the only known scientifically validated drug prevention program, The Narconon Drug Education Curriculum.

A series of 5 modules of drug prevention education talks have demonstrated a 10% positive change of behavior, and a 50% change of attitude regarding drugs and alcohol.

Narconon prevention education programs has worked with schools and community groups providing single educational modules aimed at supplementing existing classroom-based prevention activities.

In 2004, Narconon International developed a multi-module, universal prevention curriculum for high school ages based on drug abuse etiology, or the reasons behind or causes of drug abuse.

Tibor A. Palatinus, Drug Prevention Specialist was specifically trained in Narconon’s drug prevention high school curriculum, detailed in the evaluated document at Prevention Curriculum Science References.

1. DVD / Video School Drug Prevention Programs

Video School Prevention Education kits provide excellent supplementary tools for teachers already using a prevention curriculum. Video drug education can offer excellent supplemental information for kids.

The “Truth about Drugs” video series are simply presented in your classes. Ask about age appropriate programs. Video drug prevention programs are also beneficial in areas where a speaker may not be able to visit often.

2. Drug Education Speaker, Greater Vancouver, BC

Truth about drugs and alcohol are delivered to students using real stories, the anatomy of addiction, drug biochemistry, how drugs affect the body, mind and the person’s life.

Instead of telling kids what to do or how to act, drug prevention education educates teens about drugs and alcohol and the consequences of substance abuse in the present and future. Tibor teaches kids why to say no to drugs and alcohol, so kids decide for themselves not to abuse drugs.

Tibor Palatinus delivers drug prevention that is non-judgmental, focus’s on the harm of drugs and alcohol, and most importantly does not glorify drug use.

Effective drug education supports the efforts of the parents or teachers to educate kids about the dangers of using drugs. Effective drug education would demonstrate results in preventing youth from doing drugs.

Tibor delivers drug prevention education that is age appropriate, and that is easily understood by anyone.

Age Specific Drug Prevention Talks

Drug Education presentations should be geared specifically to the age level of the student’s participating. The appropriate program for a school or group can be determined through discussion with Tibor A. Palatinus, Drug Prevention Specialist.

Interactive audience participation is encouraged during and after the program. Talks are delivered throughout Greater Vancouver by request. Video programs are available for schools / groups across Canada.

For drug prevention programs to be more effective, a series of drug prevention talks on different factors of drug use needs to be done through out the year. Student questions have to be taken up and fully answered to the satisfaction of the student. Fun interactive talks are effective with all audiences, especially young kids. Mature teens want more real life consequences and facts about drug use. Drug functions should be simply explained. Supporting drug ed materiel should accompany prevention talks.

Contact Tibor A. Palatinus

Drug Prevention Specialist

604.873.1762

We have some recent drug prevention education videos for sale, below our cost.Titles on Marijuana and Ecstasy for middle school aged kids, grades 6 – 8.

We have concluded a several year long evaluation of the use of these videos for school aged kids. We discovered that middle school aged kids were the most promising target group for effective drug prevention programs.

To make these resources available to your classroom and school we have made them as affordable as possible. The retail cost of these videos was $60 + tax + shipping.

For a short time we are offering these videos below our cost: $25 each + tax and shipping. Once we have sold out of our remaining stock, we may not be able to continue this offer, so we recommend taking action if there is an interest in these prevention videos.

DVDs with extra information are on sale for $35.00 + tax + shipping

Ecstasy Part 1 (see full description at www.peerleader.ca )

This video exposes the untold story of this drug as you witness former Ecstasy dealers and users tell their real-life stories. You will also see what happens to a dealer’s life and the fate of his friends and customers. A powerful blend of education, drama and real-life stories reveals secrets about the drug MDMA (Methylene-Dioxy-Methamphetamine), commonly known as Ecstasy. 34 min.

What are the real effects of Ecstasy?

What “techniques” are used to get kids to buy it?

What happens to your memories when you take it?

Target audiences grade 7 – 8, up to grade 10

Cost (promotional) $25 + tax + shipping

Add DVD for $35.00 + tax + shipping

Ecstasy Part 2 (same target audience and cost as part 1)

This video is a perfect follow up of part one. It shows how a young woman’s life is taken over by ecstasy use and goes spiraling out of control. More facts of ecstasy effects on the mind and body are detailed. Testimonials of former abusers are documented. This is a documentary that uses some drama to show how drug use affects woman.

Cost (promotional) $25 + tax + shipping

Add DVD for $35.00 + tax + shipping

Marijuana the Myth  (see full description at www.peerleader.ca )

Designed to end curiosity about Marijuana.How long does Marijuana stay in the body? What are the real effects of Marijuana on your health?

Many have heard that “Marijuana is natural” or “It can’t hurt you” or “It only stays in your system for thirty days”. Is this really true? Marijuana is often claimed to be a safe drug, but our video presentation of an interactive Narconon program exposes the myths and shows kids the effects that this drug and others can have on their life. 28 min.

Target audiences grade 6 – 7, up to grade 9

Cost (promotional) $25 + tax + shipping. Credit card or cheque payments only, by post

Add DVD for $35.00 + tax + shipping

The Truth About Drugs – What is it?  (see full description at www.peerleader.ca )

For young children who need a fun, easy to understand presentation of exactly what drugs and alcohol are, how alcohol is made, etc.

Target Audience is Grade 3 to 5

Cost is $25 promotional + tax + shipping

For DVD with more information add $35.00 + tax + shipping

Contact Narconon Vancouver Society, see www.narconon-vancouver.org Ask about other program offers.

Tibor A. Palatinus, drug prevention specialist

604-873-1762

How do drugs and alcohol abuse fit into a youth’s life?

Why do kids turn to drugs and alcohol abuse as a way out of life situations? And why do kids say they are stressed out?

Youth Are Taking Responsibility For Their Families’ Problems

Young kids and teens have an innate sense of rightness. They know they depend on their mom and dad and other siblings to live well. When there is a perceived or real problem that isn’t resolved, kids often make it their problem.

Teenagers are trying to grow up as quick as possible in the best way they know how. They are also listening to their parents. When mom and dad say, “Don’t worry about money, we will deal with that. Just do well in school . . .” A kid may interpret that as, “I can’t help this family out financially and we have financial problems so I’m just a problem.”

Failure: Perceived or Real

Or, teens may have divorced themselves from being a part of the family after someone proved to them they couldn’t contribute to it. Disconnecting from the family after a real or perceived failure is quite common. They wanted to help their older brother through a problem and didn’t know how, so they feel like a failure; mom had an argument with dad about the kids so the oldest leaves home. You know?

The trick to helping kids confront and deal with these issues is by already having established an open and free flowing line of communication back and forth.  Absolving kids of their inherent responsibility is not a good solution. It’s better to prepare that teen for life and living so they can:

1. Stand up to or confront the issue and the consequences of it
2. Help resolve that issue by contributing to bettering the situation, not by being invisible or disappearing
3. Contribute long lasting happiness and success to the family through accomplishment and development of strong character

All these actions will require encouragement and support of a sensible and sensitive parent who is present in the lives of their kids.

Tibor A. Palatinus

PS to get effective information on what kids want and need to know about drugs and alcohol so stay away from them, go to Drug Prevention Videos by Narconon.

As a society, we can demand reduction from damaging drugs by learning how to achieve physical and mental health

Drugs and alcohol abuse are causing societal problems like violence, crime, disease and stupidity. People believed they could feel different, escape or block-out an unwanted experience. Drugs and alcohol don’t effectively do any of these things, but they temporarily change how the body and mind works.

One function of the body and mind is to be a vessel and portal to survive with, gain what pleasure and happiness we can and hopefully to share those gifts with others. Success and health are rewards for right living. Most want these gifts.

When attacked or losing in this game of survival, the body and mind tend to attempt destruction of the opposition, the problem and eventually itself when no other avenue is possible. And so individuals who are not skilled in living and are loosing, seek to destroy perceived opposition or end up destroying themselves.

Here’s The Problem:

• If a person doesn’t know how and why the body feels good or bad and how to influence it in a healthy way, they look for odd solutions
• Not understanding how their own mind works, people tend to shut out the unwanted communication that it relays
• Having no effective solutions (they think) available to them, eventually drugs / alcohol will be offered to them as a way to change how they think and feel

Health and Food

1. Many destructive and unwell attitudes and mental conditions are caused by the damage caused by too much sugar, junk food and food additives like color to the delicate nutritional balance worked at by the body and mind
2. Most people don’t eat a natural diet. They eat and drink what’s available and food they are addicted to
3. People who have the nutritional education of field mice are eating nutrition-less food products and thinking it’s a good idea. These people are all around you. Many fill the jails and support groups

Simply reducing sweet things and carbs from your diet could radically improve your health attitude, intelligence and vitality

The Human Mind

• The mind is mostly a stimulus response mechanism. Try thinking of a cat and not seeing a picture. Here’s the problem, whether you see a picture or not the mind is composed of dozens of recorded perceptions and evaluations of all experience and past thought
• The mind thinks in differences, similarities and identities (sees things the same)
• For those who aren’t very analytical when it comes to emotions or their hostilities, this presents a problem: an enemy is associated with many attributes and so, others could be judged an enemy by those same ill attributes
• What if one’s family, friends or environment had attributes that triggered emotional dislike and the person acted that out? The person them self would try to restrain or attack itself or the things it thought were against it

Learning how to use one’s mind to see and create differences in situations is the high point of creativity.
Finding similarities and identical qualities has more to do with logic and evaluation.

Drugs corrupt one’s mind with false and misleading reactions to life situations. Drugs also poison the body or hijack the brain and body and put it into unnaturally stressful conditions.

Drugs Including Alcohol

1. Act like poisons by falsely suppressing or stimulating the body and brain into reacting in not normal ways
2. Hijack the body and use up or waste all the valuable nutrients stored up to make important repairs and proper function
3. Set off massive alerts in the brain like an allergy attack that makes people lethargic, uncaring, disconnected, violent, hateful, stupid, etc
4. Shut off specific feelings, emotions and perceptions

Learning about nutrition from a knowledgeable person in a nutritional, health food or other practice can lead you toward great health and happiness.

Learning about how the mind actually functions can move you toward freedom and major success.

Want to learn more how drugs lead to addiction? Subscribe to our free newsletter and get free video and audio downloads on our Latest Discoveries about intervention, what prolongs addiction, how to end addiction and get the help you need, go to: The Facts About Drugs and Addiction

Tibor A. Palatinus

Drug Prevention Specialist and Rehab Consultant

I’ve worked for years teaching kids the truth about drugs and alcohol. I’ve discovered the biggest error in prevention efforts is that they lead in with ‘promotional’ messages about the effects of drugs and alcohol. When a parent or teacher opens up a conversation teaching kids how a drug will make them feel in a positive way, you leave a lasting impression. Minimally, that method will make them curious as to why or how drugs do that.

Instead a better approach is to lay out some of the negative, damaging or harmful effects of drugs. Focus on the short term results as kids will excuse experimenting with drugs or alcohol and justify it by saying, “I’m only trying it” or “I don’t use it much” or “It’s not a drug as it’s grown”.

The short term effects of drugs are listed in booklets called “Talking to kids about drugs”, “Drug Facts”, “Understanding addiction” and DVDs such as “Marijuana the Myth” and “The Truth about Drugs”. I recommend you get these from us to assist you in properly educating your kids about the dangers of drugs.

Validating What You Want More Of

Now for the really important news. By placing a lot of attention and emphasis on the valuable things in life and pretty much ignoring what you don’t want, you can create wonderful circumstances for your family.

Find out what your kids want to excel in and figure out intelligent and crafty ways to make these things truly rewarding to their lives and yours. Conspire with others to set them up for their success and winning in life.

Celebrating the successes of your kids is one way to focus on the positives in life. Really acknowledging their hard work and their skills in a genuine way, can produce better prevention efforts than weeks of lectures on drugs.

Vital: insure that the major reward of success or a job well done is the completion of the task, the skills learnt in doing it and the activity itself. Never make the reward more valuable than the task. Remember the pay off for you and them is the positive activity not the exchange or reward for doing it. Make sure kids do things because they are right, not for rewards.

Tibor A. Palatinus

Drug Prevention Specialist