To fight drug epidemic in EU countries,
Church of Scientology International forms
Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe and releases
“Saving Lives from Drugs” booklet
April 3, 2004 (Press Release) --
At a launch event Wednesday in its Human Rights Office in Brussels, Belgium, the Church of Scientology International announced formation of a European-wide alliance, the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe. This is the Church’s most recent step in its two decades of effective drug education, prevention and rehabilitation initiatives based on the developments of L. Ron Hubbard.
Attending the event were officials from diverse drug education and prevention agencies throughout Europe, representing many religious, government and community organizations. These included Joaquin Antuna, founder of the international Spanish NGO Peace and Cooperation and former United Nations official; Gerard Emion, head of the Drug Prevention Coordination Unit of the European Commission; Karin Geirnartd from the Executive Council of Belgium Muslims; David Raynes, former Senior Custom & Excise Officer concerned with curtailing illicit drug distribution in the United Kingdom; E. Kenneth Eckersley, CEO of Addiction Recovery Training Services in the United Kingdom; Asa Graaf, founder and chairman of “Drug-Free Sweden;” and Miguel Cid Cebrian, attorney, author and former director of the National Plan on Drugs (PNSD) of the Spanish federal government.
In remarks to the conference, Miguel Cid urged European institutions and national governments make drug prevention a vital priority and called the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe “a breath of fresh air in the polluted current society. The projects this foundation will generate will greatly contribute to governmental efforts to eradicate the drug scourge in society.”
During the conference the booklet “Saving Lives from Drugs” was released, the second in a series of publications to make the Scientology religion it social betterment activities better known in Europe. The booklet describes successful projects conducted by Scientologists in Europe.
From his office in Los Angeles, the President of the Church of Scientology International, the Reverend Heber Jentzsch spoke out about the deadly effects of drugs here in the United States and abroad.
Director of the Church of Scientology International Human Rights Office in Europe and host of the conference, Fabio Amicarelli, commented, “This widespread problem has not been solved by the governments of our planet, or by anyone else. Drug authorities are not sure what to do, very few drug programs are effective. The Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe does know what to do and we have started. As active members of the Foundation, the Church is working closely to achieve our common goal of a drug-free Europe.”
Rev. Jentzsch said, “The pestilence of drugs is equivalent to the Black Death of the 14th century that swept across Europe killing a quarter of the population. While drugs destroy the lives of the current generation they sentence the next one to oblivion. We must take action to resolve it before Europe and its populations suffer the demise that wiped out the cultures of earlier centuries.
Attending the event were officials from diverse drug education and prevention agencies throughout Europe, representing many religious, government and community organizations. These included Joaquin Antuna, founder of the international Spanish NGO Peace and Cooperation and former United Nations official; Gerard Emion, head of the Drug Prevention Coordination Unit of the European Commission; Karin Geirnartd from the Executive Council of Belgium Muslims; David Raynes, former Senior Custom & Excise Officer concerned with curtailing illicit drug distribution in the United Kingdom; E. Kenneth Eckersley, CEO of Addiction Recovery Training Services in the United Kingdom; Asa Graaf, founder and chairman of “Drug-Free Sweden;” and Miguel Cid Cebrian, attorney, author and former director of the National Plan on Drugs (PNSD) of the Spanish federal government.
In remarks to the conference, Miguel Cid urged European institutions and national governments make drug prevention a vital priority and called the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe “a breath of fresh air in the polluted current society. The projects this foundation will generate will greatly contribute to governmental efforts to eradicate the drug scourge in society.”
During the conference the booklet “Saving Lives from Drugs” was released, the second in a series of publications to make the Scientology religion it social betterment activities better known in Europe. The booklet describes successful projects conducted by Scientologists in Europe.
From his office in Los Angeles, the President of the Church of Scientology International, the Reverend Heber Jentzsch spoke out about the deadly effects of drugs here in the United States and abroad.
Director of the Church of Scientology International Human Rights Office in Europe and host of the conference, Fabio Amicarelli, commented, “This widespread problem has not been solved by the governments of our planet, or by anyone else. Drug authorities are not sure what to do, very few drug programs are effective. The Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe does know what to do and we have started. As active members of the Foundation, the Church is working closely to achieve our common goal of a drug-free Europe.”
Rev. Jentzsch said, “The pestilence of drugs is equivalent to the Black Death of the 14th century that swept across Europe killing a quarter of the population. While drugs destroy the lives of the current generation they sentence the next one to oblivion. We must take action to resolve it before Europe and its populations suffer the demise that wiped out the cultures of earlier centuries.
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