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Title: Vienna Volunteers Bring Truth About Drugs Education to Youth Before Dealers Do

“Sag NEIN zu Drogen – Österreich” expands street-level prevention outreach in Austria’s capital, combining community events, school interest and online learning resources with a fact-based approach.VIENNA, Austria — In Vienna’s public squares, parks and cultural gathering points, volunteers with the Vienna-based association Sag NEIN zu Drogen – Osterreich have been strengthening a simple prevention idea: reach young people early, with clear information, before dealers and misinformation do.The initiative focuses on youth, parents, educators, artists and sports communities—groups that often see the first signs of risk, but do not always have practical tools at hand. Volunteers describe their outreach as conversation-driven and non-confrontational, built around short exchanges that help people understand what commonly abused substances are, how they affect the body and mind, and why early experimentation can become difficult to reverse.Gabriele Toker, president of the chapter in Vienna, has spoken publicly about why the effort matters at family level: drug education, she argues, is most effective when it equips parents and teachers with usable facts rather than fear or moral lectures. That emphasis has helped the group connect with educators exploring prevention resources that can be adapted to classrooms and youth settings.Vienna’s cultural calendar provides recurring opportunities for that kind of contact. At major public events such as the Donauinselfest, volunteers have used interactive activities—music, movement, and family-friendly engagement—to create a welcoming setting for brief conversations about real-world pressures and the realities behind common myths. Organisers say this approach is intended to meet young people where they are, without dramatization, and to...

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