Adept : Alcohol and Drug Education, Prevention, and Training
Here's how Red Ribbon Week began....
On Thursday, February 7,1985, Enrique "Kiki Camarena, a 37 year old U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Agent and father of three sons, made international news. He had been investigating a multi-billion dollar drug scam in which he suspected involvement by officers of the Mexican army, police and government. Apparently, as he left his office that Thursday to meet his wife, Mika, for lunch, five men appeared at the agent's side and shoved him into a car. Kiki Camarena's body was found one month later in a shallow grave, 70 miles from Michoacan, Mexico. He had been tortured, beaten and brutally murdered.
Parents in Illinois and Virginia, angry and sick of the destruction and killing caused by alcohol and other drugs, launched the first Red Ribbon campaign, which was proclaimed by the Congress of the United States in 1988. Since then, it has become larger and stronger, reaching millions of Americans. No other single drug prevention movement in history has had an impact on so many lives. Join us this week in EDUCATING your children about drugs!
On Thursday, February 7,1985, Enrique "Kiki Camarena, a 37 year old U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Agent and father of three sons, made international news. He had been investigating a multi-billion dollar drug scam in which he suspected involvement by officers of the Mexican army, police and government. Apparently, as he left his office that Thursday to meet his wife, Mika, for lunch, five men appeared at the agent's side and shoved him into a car. Kiki Camarena's body was found one month later in a shallow grave, 70 miles from Michoacan, Mexico. He had been tortured, beaten and brutally murdered.
Parents in Illinois and Virginia, angry and sick of the destruction and killing caused by alcohol and other drugs, launched the first Red Ribbon campaign, which was proclaimed by the Congress of the United States in 1988. Since then, it has become larger and stronger, reaching millions of Americans. No other single drug prevention movement in history has had an impact on so many lives. Join us this week in EDUCATING your children about drugs!