Barrie, Ont. 20-22 September 2005:
The Toronto
Drug-Free Marshals (DFM) participated in three days of "Racing Against Drugs" held in Barrie, coordinated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Simcoe-Muskoka Department of Health. "
Racing Against Drugs" is a drug awareness campaign that brings community groups and law enforcement together on the theme of car racing to interest youth in the problem and abuse of street drugs. The DFMs had their own 'pit-stop', along with fourteen other community and government organizations which included the RCMP and the Ontario Provincial Police.
A total of 1,500 students moved through the various pit-stops over the three days. All students at the DFM pit-stop were given a lecture on drugs and were sworn in as Drug-Free Marshals, with each getting a badge. Their teachers also received copies of the "Truth about Joints" booklet that was specially produced for the Drug-Free Marshals to be given out to the students.
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