An Interview with Deputy Inspector NYPD, Mark Wachter
Widespread awareness of the causal relationship between drugs and crime has brought law enforcement agencies by the hundreds to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World and its Truth About Drugs program.
Law enforcement officers, government agencies, school resource officers and others involved in drug education find the materials fit their needs—comprehensive, easy to administer, interesting to young people and adults, and readily available. And they work. The most common response is that young people connect with them and their direct, no-nonsense images of youth talking to youth. One law enforcement user of the program wrote that the materials bring about “sensible awareness” of drugs in a non-accusatory manner.
