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From: Cyrus Brooks cyrusb@scientology.net
Sent: Wednesday, 6 June 2007 9:47 PM

THE TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS - EFFECTIVE EDUCATION SAVES OUR CHILDREN

Glebe Town Hall Drug Action Week Forum 20th June 2007, 1-4PM

Reports from the Australian National Council on Drugs and Nation Drug and Alcohol Research Centre show that awareness of the problems of drug abuse in Australia is high, especially concerning abuse amongst youth and the recently highlighted dangers of ecstasy, ice and Ritalin (street and other use). Drug Action Week started by Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA), is a national week (June 18-22) of activities to raise awareness about alcohol and other drug issues and to promote the achievements of those who work to reduce drug related harm. The week also aims to promote public debate about good practice strategies for reducing drug related harm.

The Drug Action Week theme for Wednesday, 20th June 2007 is drug prevention. Drug Free Ambassadors Australia is sponsoring a local forum, entitled "The Truth About Drugs - Effective Education Saves Our Children" to address drug prevention issues for this part of Sydney and to provide a forum for networking and the exchange of successful actions in drug education as well as helping people with drug abuse find rehabilitation services.

Speakers include:

Carly Crutchfield, Spokesperson Drug Free Ambassadors Australia
Patrick Jarvis, Former Forward, St. George Illawarra Dragons, fomer police officer
Gary Christian. Secretary, Drug Free Australia

DATE: 20th June 2007
TIME: 1-4 PM
PLACE: Glebe Town Hall, Ground Floor, 160 St Johns Road.

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Labor's drug surrender

Exclusive by Kelvin Bissett

March 06, 2007 12:00

A CONTROVERSIAL teen drug caution scheme introduced by the Carr Government
is a shambles with the number of cautions issued for possession plummeting
to almost zero.

A Daily Telegraph investigation into the state's caution scheme for youths
aged up to 17 indicates police are increasingly turning a blind eye to cases
of even hard drug use.

Figures released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show not
one caution was issued to a young person for possession or use of heroin in
2006 - and there was just one caution for cocaine.

For possession or use of ecstasy there were just 17 cautions last year
despite expert assessments that Australia has the highest rate of use
anywhere in the world.

Despite an ice epidemic on our streets, police issued a meagre 15 cautions
to young people over amphetamines.

The most cautions issued to under 17 year olds were for cannabis use, 559.
But this was barely half the 1008 issued in 2001.

The cautioning scheme was introduced into the Young Offenders Act by the
State Government in April 2000 with assurances that it was not a softening
of drug use.

Anti-drugs campaigner Carly Crutchfield, 25, said last night she was not
surprised to learn police are issuing few cautions - despite how widespread
drug use has become.

"Young people do not try to hide it and they don't think it is wrong," she
said.

A caution applies for a first offence when in possession of less than 1g of
heroin, cocaine or amphetamine, 30g of cannabis leaf, 0.25 of ecstasy and
0.0008g of LSD.

For most types of drugs, the number of cautions has fallen sharply between
2001 and 2006.

The Cannabis Cautioning Scheme for adults, introduced at the same time, is
also in retreat from lack of police action, figures show.

In 2000, 3715 cautions were issued. In 2006 the number had falled to 2781.

Major Brian Watters, a spokesman for Drug Free Australia, said last night
that police were caught in a difficult position by policy makers.

"Police I have spoken to are increasingly saying: what's the point? Why
bother with the paperwork," Mr Watters said.

Mr Watters, who slammed the caution scheme in 2000 as a slap on the wrist
measure, said the soft approach sent the wrong message to young people.

"It's sad because intervention by the police in a young person's life can
really change lives," he said. "It can stop them going down a very sad
path."

Long-time drug campaigner Tony Wood said last night he was distressed to see
17 cautions in a single year issued for ecstasy, the drug that killed his
15-year-old daughter Anna in 1995.

A powerful batch of amphetamine, probably presented as ecstasy, is also
thought to have killed 20-year-old Annabel Catt last month at the Good
Vibrations festival recently.

Mr Wood said: "I bet if I went out with a video camera at one night club
venue on a Saturday night I'd catch more than 17 deals on tape."

In response to the figures, the NSW Police Force issued a statement linking
the drop in cautions for cannabis to recent research "which shows this type
of illicit drug is declining in use".

Rather than abandoning the war on drugs, police have introduced new
crime-fighting strategies over the past six years which tackle drug use,
possession and supply.

The measures include drug detection dogs and high-visibility policing
operations to arrest people regardless of their age.

Police operations targeting drugs were not focused on people's age but "on
the prevalence of the use and supply of illicit substances".

Opposition Leader Peter Debnam said families had had enough of "Labor's
softly-softly approach" when it comes to drugs, especially when it involves
teenagers.

"We need to intervene early, enforce the laws and give our police the
resources and powers to do the job," he said.

Bureau of Crime and Research Director Don Weatherburn said it was
"impossible" to know for sure why the number of cautions was falling.

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Anti-drug campaigner Carly Crutchfield, who was turned away from the Good
Vibrations festival. / The Daily Telegraph

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Dear Editor, I was happy to read that the government is going to support broad education on the dangerous effects of ICE (a purer form of methamphetamines also called Crystal Meth, Glass, etc). Working with the Drug Free Ambassadors, started by the Church of Scientology, for many years now, I've seen the effects these drugs have in the community and on individuals. Speed and its purer forms, base and Ice, have serious short and long term effects. Yet I saw one website give weak advice on it, saying that you don't know what is in the stuff you are buying, so best to try a little first. Sheesh! Meth can cause depression, psychosis, brian damage similar to stroke and epilepsy, hallucinations and violence, as has been reported by hospitals and police. Do people know you get a rush, high, then a binge, where you want more, tweaking, where meth doesn't give you any more high--but it can cause you to feel like bugs are crawling under your skin, then a terrible crash and hangover and finally withdrawl which brings on a bad depression amongst other things. Let's be real. People need to know the truth of this terrible drug. My best wishes goes out to those trying to get off, or helping others about this. A drug free life isn't just a trite phrase. It's a worthwhile goal. Sincerely, Cyrus Brooks Drug Free Ambassadors Coordinator

17 Sep 06 Let's look at the facts: Drugs cost us billions of dollars in lost work from those effected, in drug enforcement, in medical treatment, and so on. The human cost in lost loved ones and heartbreak, is uncountable. In musicland we know the stellar fallen stars of Kurt Cobain or in times past, Jimi Hendrix, both died due to drugs and their effects. Fashion icon, Kate Moss almost lost her whole career due to drugs. So what is the solution? At the Mount Druitt Festival, the Church of Scientology's initiative Drug Free Ambassadors, released 10 new booklets to educate and prevent youth from taking drugs. "Prevention is the key," said spokesperson Cyrus Brooks. "The cost for handling drugs after the fact is so much greater; plus the person is influenced by the drug itself and may not be able to see for himself it's terrible effects until they are irreversible. And the biggest enemy the youth have is no or mis-information. Let me tell you, drug dealers (even if they are 'friends') won't give them straight facts." Drug Free Ambassadors released booklets on Speed, Marijuana, Ecstasy, Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, LSD, abuse of Painkillers (like in Marylin Monroe's case) and Ritalin and The Truth about Drugs, summarizing it all at the festival. "They were very popular," quipped Cyrus, "and teachers took them for their students, Scouts and others got involved and interested. One off-duty Federal policeman noted that he was involved for 20 years and it was a never ending battle for them. It shows that as long as there is demand, someone will give the supply. Thus this campaign is key as education and prevention will cut the demand." The Drug Free Ambassadors is based on drug research by L. Ron Hubbard on the effects to the mind as well as the body, and this is the new thing. Cyrus summed it up, "When youth know that the effects of the drug aren't fully eliminated after a month or two, but go on for years, and it makes you mentally sluggish and hazy, they think twice before doing it. When they get the full data, they make better decisions. We can deliver that." For more information contact 02 9692 7308 or see www.drugfreeambassadors.com.au.