We “mustache” you to be drug free; Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week, which serves as a vehicle for communities and individuals to take a stand for children through a commitment to drug prevention and education. Each participant makes a personal commitment to live drug-free with the ultimate goal of a drug-free America. The campaign is a weeklong effort in which people at work, home or school wear a red ribbon to raise awareness about drug prevention. The red ribbon is a message to others that drugs are harmful and that the person wearing a ribbon is living drug-free.

            Red Ribbon Week was established in honor of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena who was tortured to death by a drug cartel in Mexico. Camarena became a Drug Enforcement Administration Agent to make a difference by raising awareness of the killing and destruction caused by drugs in America. After his death family and friends launched Camarena Clubs in Camarena's hometown and around California to pay homage to a brave man who lost his life fighting in the war on drugs. Eventually these clubs turned into the Red Ribbon Week campaign.

Read the full article in the Nov. 5 edition of the News-Review.