History of Red Ribbon Week

Day 1

Life Truth

It’s not where you start, it’s where you end up

Kiki’s Story

Enrique “Kiki” Camarena was an undercover DEA officer in 1985. On his way to meet his wife for lunch, he was captured by 5 men and tortured to death. He was later found in a shallow grave. His friends started a movement that later become known as Red Ribbon Week to encourage students to live drug-free lives.

Staggering Stats

• 65% of students say they can find drugs inside their schools.

Do you think this is true for our school?

Staggering Stats

• 50% of youth that try alcohol, go on to try cocaine.

Why? Because students try harder and harder drugs.

That’s why it’s important to never start using drugs.

Staggering Stats

• During the winter and summer months, teens are more likely to use opiods. The most common opiods are pain relievers.

Why?

Staggering Stats

• Alcohol kills 6.5X the number of youth than any other drug

• Why?

Solutions

• Teens that talk to their parents about drugs on a regular basis are 42% less likely to use drugs

• Why?

Solutions

• Only a quarter of teens talk to their parents about the effects of drugs.

• How can students open a conversation about drugs with their parents?

• What can parents do to make that conversation easier to have?

Life Truth

• Teens can learn from mistakes, they just don’t have to be their own.

• What have you learned from the mistakes that others have made?

Express Yourself

• How can you show your support for living a drug-free life during the school year?

• What is one specific way you can encourage your friends to live drug-free lives?

Express Yourself

• What is one thing you learned from Fabian’s video about the history of Red Ribbon week that you can share with your mom, dad, or guardian?

Say Yes To Drug Free Living

• Since you will say NO to drugs, what is one thing that you are going to say YES to?