History of Red Ribbon Week
ABOUT THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN
The NFP organized the first Nationwide Red Ribbon Campaign to provide drug awareness. Since its beginning, the Red Ribbon campaign has reached millions of people around the world. It started when a DEA agent, Enrique Camarena, was kidnapped and tortured to death in Mexico. The DEA sent Camarena to work undercover in Mexico to investigate a major drug cartel. In 1985, Camarena was found in a shallow grave having been tortured to death by members of the cartel. In response, people around the country wore red ribbons as a symbol of their commitment to raise awareness of the negative effects caused by drugs in America.
ABOUT RED RIBBON WEEK
Red Ribbon Week itself is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. It is always during the last full week in October. Red Ribbon Week serves as a method and opportunity for communities and individuals to take a stand against drug abuse and educate others on its destruction.
Facts about Drugs
The NFP organized the first Nationwide Red Ribbon Campaign to provide drug awareness. Since its beginning, the Red Ribbon campaign has reached millions of people around the world. It started when a DEA agent, Enrique Camarena, was kidnapped and tortured to death in Mexico. The DEA sent Camarena to work undercover in Mexico to investigate a major drug cartel. In 1985, Camarena was found in a shallow grave having been tortured to death by members of the cartel. In response, people around the country wore red ribbons as a symbol of their commitment to raise awareness of the negative effects caused by drugs in America.
ABOUT RED RIBBON WEEK
Red Ribbon Week itself is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. It is always during the last full week in October. Red Ribbon Week serves as a method and opportunity for communities and individuals to take a stand against drug abuse and educate others on its destruction.
Facts about Drugs
- 9 million individuals vapers in the U.S.
- There are no finished studies about the long term risks vaping
- 68,500 people died from use of drugs in 2018
- 29 people die from car accidents involving intoxication every DAY
- 397 million is spent by one company every year in order to get more people addicted