Foundation for a Drug-Free World Los Angeles
Chapter's free outdoor concert and art show raised
awareness about drugs while offering music and art as a drug-free
alternative for a "natural high."
LOS
ANGELES, July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Local
musicians took the stage on L. Ron Hubbard
Way for a great cause. Their message: "Get high on
creativity, not on drugs." The event, organized by the Church of
Scientology Los Angeles and the local chapter of Foundation for a
Drug-Free World, featured Los
Angeles-based popular acoustic-pop artist and
singer/songwriter Nick Isham, joined
by a lineup of talented local musicians. Throughout the afternoon
and evening, the crowd rocked out to Isham's original songs that he
mixed live with his looper, combining beatboxing, guitar and
vocals.
Along with the concert was an art gallery displaying the work of
local artists and food from popular vendors.
The dark counterpoint to the upbeat concert and festival was the
stark reality of the drug overdose epidemic affecting L.A. County
and the rest of the country. The Los
Angeles Times reports that despite a slight
decline for the first time in a decade, more than 3,000 lost their
lives to drug overdose in the county in 2023.
"I have seen firsthand how drugs destroy the lives of so many
talented people," says Isham. "Drugs only hold you back. This is
why I strongly advocate for kids to learn the truth about drugs.
Knowing the facts, they can decide for themselves to live
drug-free."
Foundation for a Drug-Free World, a volunteer-based
nongovernmental organization (NGO) with a network of some 200
chapters around the world, recently earned consultative status to
the United Nations.
Inspired by Scientology Founder L. Ron
Hubbard who found drugs to be "the single most
destructive element present in our current culture," Scientology
Churches and Scientologists support the Foundation for a Drug-Free
World, making it possible to provide its acclaimed secular
drug education and prevention materials and program free of
charge.
The Church of Scientology Los Angeles is an Ideal Scientology
Organization. To meet the ever-growing worldwide demand for
Dianetics and Scientology services as well as Church-sponsored
social betterment programs, Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr.
David Miscavige personally committed
to accomplishing the goal of bringing all Scientology Churches to
the standard of "Ideal." Ideal Churches provide the full services
of the Scientology religion to their parishioners and serve as a
home for the entire community, a meeting ground of cooperative
effort to uplift people of all denominations. Mr. Miscavige
dedicated the Ideal Church of Scientology Los Angeles in
2010.
For more information, watch an episode of Inside
Scientology on the Scientology Network featuring the
Church of Scientology Los Angeles.
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