Drug Awareness and Prevention Inc.
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Our vision, Our mission
To lessen the demand for illicit street drugs through education.
Just the Facts
Current estimates are staggering. Today, in the United States, one in
four teenagers has abused a prescription drug! Statistics indicate that
there are over 3.5 million cocaine users, 1.5 million crack cocaine
users, and .6 million heroin users in the United States today.
In the United States, addicts and abusers are spending $64 billion
annually on their illicit drugs, according to the Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Experts in law enforcement estimate that
60% of the revenue used to feed addiction comes from crime. Money also
comes from family members, unaware that their life savings are
disappearing.
In 2009, one out of three drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes who
were tested for drugs, had tested positive for at least one prescription
medication or illicit drug, according to ONDCP.
We need your help to protect our young people from drug addiction.
Families are devastated by drug abuse. Our programs offer new solutions
and new directions. Prevention starts with education. Your support for
substance abuse prevention education is an important first step in
making America drug-free.
Crack, cocaine, and heroin facts
My Addiction, My Story
Merry from Fairport Harbor, Ohio
I never really fit in. I never cared about it until I transferred
schools in sixth grade. I was a major tom boy, and I had only two
friends that went to that school and they were just like me. But all the
other kids in my class looked at me the first day I walked in, kind-of
like shock on their faces because, I felt, I wasn’t what they were
expecting. It was a small school and never had that many new students.
That’s when I realized that I didn’t fit in. No one talked to me, except
for the two friends I had, and I made one friend throughout that year,
which was the first person I smoked with.
I grew out of the tom boy style and gained new friends, but I didn’t grow out of the attitude and everyone kind-of looked at me as a bad influence, except for parents, because they didn’t know how I was. I never had the attitude of caring about how people felt after what I did, only on how they felt about me.
The reason I started using was not out of curiosity. I didn’t know a thing about drugs. It’s actually ironic; about a month before I started using, I came upon a large amount of weed. I took the bag to ask my friend if it was drugs, and I was not the least bit curious on what it could do to me. I was more afraid. Then one day, when I was eleven, my friend and I were bored. She asked if I wanted to smoke some of her dad’s weed. We made a poorly made homemade bong and smoked that night. I felt it was the best night of my life. So many crazy things happened, and we slept outside on her next door neighbors’ picnic table. More ...
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