Contacting Foundation for a Drug-Free World
Materials Orders
If you have placed an order for the Truth About Drugs educational materials, it is processed within 24 hrs and, supplies permitting, usually shipped in 48 hours. When your order is shipped, you will be notified by email. You should then expect to receive your free materials order within 2-4 weeks of that shipping date (allowing more time for overseas shipping).
For bulk materials ordered online (and for which shipping rates are paid when submitting the order), allow 7-10 days for delivery once you receive notification that the materials have shipped.
If, within the above time frame, you have not received the Truth About Drugs materials you ordered please send the following information to orders@drugfreeworld.org:
- Truth About Drugs information kit
- Truth About Drugs education package
- Truth About Drugs booklets and/or booklet sets
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As there are some logistics involved in establishing the cost and timing of orders larger than the quantities obtainable on the online order form, it is best to call in your needs to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, and we will attend to particulars by phone. Call any time between 9am and 5pm U.S. Pacific Coast time (+1-818-952-5260) or email orders@drugfreeworld.org, and we will be happy to assist.
Alternative means to credit card payments for the shipping of materials require some logistics that are best attended to by phone. To arrange for such, call the Foundation for a Drug-Free World any time between 9am and 5pm U.S. Pacific Coast time (+1-818-952-5260) or email orders@drugfreeworld.org, and we will be happy to assist.
free Truth About Drugs education package
The Truth About Drugs information kit for educators and full education package are specifically for educators and/or those who direct and supervise educators of drug prevention classes, lectures or training workshops. (This includes law enforcement officers working in hte drug prevention field.) We particularly want to make sure that every package is actually put to use in a drug education program that results in committed, drug-free youths and adults.
If you qualify on that basis, sign up for the information kit or education package, as appropriate to your needs.
If you do not teach in a classroom or group learning venue, yet you would like to put our materials to use to help make your community drug-free, we recommend that you obtain our Free Booklets by placing an online order for any or all of our Truth About Drugs series booklets. (You pay only for shipping charges, which the website calculates for you once you select the items and quantities you wish to order.)
You can also download all of our material for free at our Downloads & Resources page and you can register yourself as an educator and enroll any students of your choosing at our Drug-Free World Virtual Online Training System, where you are provided lesson plans and resources that can be downloaded and used anywhere and everywhere.
If you have further questions or concerns, please email the Foundation’s Program Coordinator at coordinator@drugfreeworld.org and we will assist as needed.
The Truth About Drugs package is specifically for educators and/or those who direct and supervise educators of drug prevention classes, lectures or training workshops. However, while you may not teach in a classroom or group learning venue, your interest in our materials is most welcome.
If you would like to put them to use to help make your clients and community drug-free, we recommend that you visit our web site (www.drugfreeworld.org) and, at our online Free Booklets order form, place your order for any or all of our Truth About Drugs series booklets. (You pay only for shipping charges, which the website calculates for you once you select the items and quantities you wish to order.)
You can also download all of our material for free at our Downloads & Resources page and you can register yourself as an educator and enroll any number of students of your choosing at our Drug-Free World Virtual Online Training System. There you are provided lesson plans and resources that can be downloaded and used anywhere and everywhere.
Organizing Drug-Free World Activities and Groups
There are three primary ways individuals and organizations contribute to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World’s efforts to bring about communities free from drug abuse:
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Volunteering in Truth About Drugs activities: If you are not an educator (e.g., agent, community activist, student, etc.), go to our Take Action page for a range of activities to immediately join in on.
If you are an educator, The Truth About Drugs Activities Manual, is contained in The Truth About Drugs information kit (exclusively for educators). It presents a spectrum of successful drug prevention educational activities that you can initiate in your community. These include:
- Setting up drug-free information booths
- Organizing Truth About Drugs booklet handouts
- Drug-free pledge-signing events
- Drug-free poster and essay contests
- Creating drug-free clubs
- Placing the “They Said/They Lied” public service announcements (PSAs) and/or Real People, Real Stories documentary chapters or half-hour segments on the air—and arranging showings of the videos in public venues (e.g., school closed-circuit televisions, student assemblies, clubs, theaters, etc.)
- Doing drug-free radio shows
In addition to the activities outlined in the manual, the Foundation welcomes volunteer assistance from individuals and organizations wishing to translate its materials in languages in which they are not yet available.
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Implementing The Truth About Drugs curriculum: The Foundation offers its Truth About Drugs Education Package for free as an aid to educators who teach students 11 years of age and above in classroom, group instruction or community learning settings.
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Making charitable contributions to the Foundation: Your generous support helps empower young people with the facts they need to live healthy, drug-free lives. It enables us to make our educational materials available free of charge to schools, youth organizations and other groups and individuals.
Send charitable contributions by check to Foundation for a Drug-Free World, 6331 Hollywood Blvd, Suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA. To make monthly donations call the Foundation at (+) 1-818-952-5260 to authorize monthly credit card debits or bank wire transfers. (Donations by US taxpayers to the Foundation can qualify for deduction against their federal income tax.)
There are three primary steps for launching a local Truth About Drugs prevention activity that aid the Foundation’s efforts to bring about communities free from drug abuse:
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Initiate Truth About Drugs activities: If you are not an educator (e.g., agent, community activist, student, etc.), go to our Take Action page for a range of activities to immediately join in on.
If you are an educator, The Truth About Drugs Activities Manual, is contained in The Truth About Drugs information kit (exclusively for educators). It presents a spectrum of successful drug prevention educational activities that you can initiate in your community. These include:
- Setting up drug-free information booths
- Organizing Truth About Drugs booklet handouts
- Drug-free pledge-signing events
- Drug-free poster and essay contests
- Creating drug-free clubs
- Placing the “They Said/They Lied” public service announcements (PSAs) and/or Real People, Real Stories documentary chapters or half-hour segments on the air—and arranging showings of the videos in public venues (e.g., school closed-circuit televisions, student assemblies, clubs, theaters, etc.)
- Doing drug-free radio shows
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Fully orient yourself to drugfreeworld.org: As an invaluable resource to both inform and activate others in your community, our website provides the essential drug prevention tools and know-how to launch any broad informational activity and/or educational program for people of all ages.
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Get The Truth About Drugs curriculum implemented: The Foundation offers its Truth About Drugs Education Package for free as an aid to educators who teach students 11 years of age and above in classroom, group instruction or community learning settings. Facilitating the adoption of The Truth About Drugs curriculum by local educators is the best way to establish oneself or one’s local organization as a valued resource in your community.
By establishing a presence in any of the above ways, you take the most important initial step in creating a Drug-Free World group in your community – i.e., actually demonstrating the benefits and worth of The Truth About Drugs mission and message. Once you accomplish this, we can help you connect up with other Drug-Free World volunteers in your area and/or guide you as you start and expand your local Drug-Free World group.
The Foundation encourages the broad distribution and custom production of its publications, and is most accommodating in this regard. Every element in our arsenal of drug prevention educational materials is freely downloadable on our Downloads & Resources page.
However, all of the Foundation’s printed and audiovisual educational material is copyrighted, so we must authorize in writing any copying, translation and duplication of it. Therefore, anyone wishing to use the Foundation’s copyrighted materials or trademarked logo needs to explain in writing (by email to coordinator@drugfreeworld.org) their intended use. Once approval is granted, we simply ask that you give appropriate credit to the Foundation.
The Foundation does not grant exclusive right to reproduce or distribute its materials under any circumstances.
While this is not a long, stringent list of demands, we do appreciate your thoughtful consideration of these matters in your planned use and presentation of the Foundation’s materials.
The Foundation makes available a Drug-Free World web banner to those who wish to create a link to our website from theirs.
We do not provide reciprocal links, endorsements or advertising opportunities on our website, as our sites are dedicated exclusively to providing access to our educational resources.
To get authorization for a link to drugfreeworld.org, email the Foundation’s Program Coordinator at coordinator@drugfreeworld.org, summarizing your needs and, as you wish, asking for the Drug-Free World web banner.
With an international network of affiliated volunteers and allied drug educators who reach out with our materials to help others stay drug-free, we make every reasonable effort to make our representatives available to speak, lecture or teach at local activities and venues.
For specifics, email the Foundation’s Program Coordinator at coordinator@drugfreeworld.org, summarizing your needs and giving at least some estimation of time frame in which such a presenter is needed.
We have three primary volunteer activities that local individuals and organizations engage in – and which you are welcome to join in on:
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Volunteer Truth About Drugs activities: If you are not an educator (e.g., agent, community activist, student, etc.), go to our Take Action page for a range of activities to immediately join in on.
If you are an educator, The Truth About Drugs Activities Manual, is contained in The Truth About Drugs information kit (exclusively for educators). It presents a spectrum of successful drug prevention educational activities that you can initiate in your community. These include:
- Setting up drug-free information booths
- Organizing Truth About Drugs booklet handouts
- Drug-free pledge-signing events
- Drug-free poster and essay contests
- Creating drug-free clubs
- Placing the “They Said/They Lied” public service announcements (PSAs) and/or Real People, Real Stories documentary chapters or half-hour segments on the air—and arranging showings of the videos in public venues (e.g., school closed-circuit televisions, student assemblies, clubs, theaters, etc.)
- Doing drug-free radio shows
Implementing The Truth About Drugs curriculum: Local Foundation supporters and volunteers need all the help they can get to present and make available to local educators the Truth About Drugs Education Package, which is free as an aid to educators who teach students 11 years of age and above in classroom, group instruction or community learning settings.
Assisting in fund-raising activities: The generous support of contributors to the Foundation and local volunteer groups helps us empower young people with the facts they need to live healthy, drug-free lives. Any energy one can expend in local fundraising efforts will assist the Foundation in making our free educational materials available to more youths in more schools and communities.
We can inform affiliates in your area who will be most interested in your wish to participate in Drug-Free World activities, but we encourage you to have your own Truth About Drugs educational materials, which you can order online.
Our ability to retain the support of our generous contributors—and continue to make our materials available free of charge—depends on keeping our benefactors regularly briefed on our program activities and accomplishments. This is best achieved through audiovisual presentations and personal feedback from educators and others who are successfully putting the Truth About Drugs materials to use.
The following are therefore invaluable assets for advancing our programs:
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Videos and testimonials: Nothing is more gratifying to contributors than seeing the results produced by the materials and programs their donations fund. By keeping our supporters briefed with audiovisual presentations of the program in action and the filmed testimonials of users of The Truth About Drugs materials, the Foundation continuously earns their support.
Within the limits of our resources, we provide technical assistance to professionally film (and photograph) Truth About Drugs education sessions, local activities and events, and personal testimonials about the impact of the program from participating educators and students. We respect all privacy concerns by having participants (and their parents/guardians where required) sign any requisite waivers.
Also valuable in promoting the results of our program are written testimonials on institutional letterhead.
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Feedback: In order to monitor program results on a continuing basis, the Foundation is most attentive to the feedback of educators and others who are actively using our materials and curriculum. In this way, we can more effectively serve the community, while also spreading the good word to others in need of effective drug prevention resources. (Respecting all privacy concerns, we will, if necessary, present testimonials with strict anonymity of sources.)
As part of The Truth About Drugs Educator’s Guide, we provide before-and-after-program surveys. We encourage the use of these assessment tools by each educator who implements The Truth About Drugs curriculum, and we welcome all outcome reports.
To keep constantly abreast of participant reactions and program results, we also periodically send out surveys to individuals who have obtained and are using our materials.
If you have the means to provide either or both of the above, please do not hesitate to contact the Foundation’s Program Coordinator at coordinator@drugfreeworld.org.
Immediate Information/Assistance
The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is most interested in helping you.
Our first recommendation is that you carefully study The Truth About Drugs booklet(s). As well, view the appropriate chapter(s) of The Truth About Drugs – Real People, Real Stories documentary and the related TV public service announcement(s). With these resources, you will gain a firm, basic understanding of the drug(s) of concern and their effects.
As we are a drug education and awareness organization, we may not have the exact type of specialist you immediately need. Nonetheless, we can refer you to resources who specialize in recovery from addiction and alcoholism and who provide information and emergency assistance to users seeking help.
In order to connect you with such specialists, we need your approval to give them your phone number or email address. Let us know by email at info@drugfreeworld.org that you give your permission for us to pass along your phone number and/or email address to a substance abuse specialist, and we will act quickly to get you the assistance you need.
We are most interested in helping you to help others lead drug-free lives,
Our first recommendation is that you carefully study The Truth About Drugs booklet(s). As well, view the appropriate chapter(s) of The Truth About Drugs – Real People, Real Stories documentary and the related TV public service announcement(s). With these resources, you will gain a firm, basic understanding of the drug(s) of concern and their effects.
As we are a drug education and awareness organization, we can only refer you to resources who specialize in recovery from addiction and alcoholism – and who provide information and emergency assistance for users, their families and friends seeking help for a loved one.
In order to connect you with such specialists, we need your approval to give them your phone number or email address. Let us know by email at info@drugfreeworld.org that you give your permission for us to pass along your phone number and/or email address to a substance abuse specialist, and we will act quickly to get you the assistance you need.
