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Narconon
International at CADCA's
National Leadership Forum 2004
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CADCA stands
for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. An anti-drug coalition is a
coming together of different people and groups--parents, schools, drug
prevention people, faith-based groups, law enforcement, businesses, health
providers, media, social service agencies, government officials-- who by
working together can better solve the drug problem. This year's forum was held
at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Website:
www.CADCA.org |
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General Arthur Dean (CEO
of CADCA)
with Marcia Powell (Narconon International) |
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Leanne Stynchula
(Narconon D.C.)
with conference attendee |
This is the second year that Narconon International,
along with representatives from Narconon® centers in
D.C., Michigan and Oklahoma, have had a booth enabling us to share our valuable
resources with others. Hundreds of people came by, learned about our programs,
and went away with our literature so they could take advantage of our programs
in the future. We handed out hundreds of "10 Things Your Friends May Not Know
About Drugs" booklets. |
| One of the speakers was John Walters, Director of the White
House Office of National Drug Control Policy (known as the "Drug Czar"). He
showed slides with statistics proving that the toxicity of marijuana has
increased dramatically in recent years and more statistics proving the dangers
of the drug, both in terms of the number of people showing up in emergency
rooms and the relation between use and escalation to more harmful drugs.
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John Walters
("Drug Czar") addressing the conference |
Leanne with Henry Lozano,
of the President's Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities |
CADCA arranged for coalition members to be able to
visit their legislators on Capitol Hill (Washington D.C.). We were informed
that the pro-marijuana people are very organized; thus CADCA provided a very
informative package of information to give to the legislators, a lot of it
relating to the statistics on marijuana. |
| John Walters highly validated the attendees,
referring to them as the soldiers--the people who are on the front lines and in
the trenches. |
J.T. Daily, Director of
Drug Education
from Narconon Arrowhead, with attendees
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