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Title: French Scientology Volunteers Take Drug Prevention from City Streets to Rural Communities

Brussels, Belgium, 15th Oct 2026 — Volunteers from Non à la drogue, Oui à la vie have distributed more than 16,000 drug-prevention booklets across France, working through neighbourhood shops, market squares and public information stands. In communities from Paris to Ariège, the visits have drawn requests for information from parents, students and people working with young people.The distributions are part of La vérité sur la drogue, the French-language version of The Truth About Drugs. The programme is supported by the Church of Scientology and its members and provides information about drugs for young people, families and educators.Journalistic reports have warned that cannabis, cocaine and heroin can now be obtained throughout France, including in rural areas. Traffickers have also used village roads to avoid checks on major routes, while clandestine laboratories have been dismantled on farms.In Tarn, volunteers delivered 3,100 booklets to dozens of businesses across several municipalities. Another team supplied 3,000 to approximately 50 shops in Arcachon. Hundreds more were distributed in two Bordeaux neighbourhoods, where some shopkeepers spoke about people they knew who had been affected by drugs.A team from Toulouse travelled to Ariège, distributing 3,000 booklets through local businesses. At a market square, a person working with a centre for young people with disabilities approached the volunteers to ask for resources for the centre.Around Clermont-Ferrand, volunteers returned to smaller municipalities in Puy-de-Dôme and left more than 1,200 booklets with local traders. At one bakery, the baker explained that secondary-school students came to collect the publications when the subject of drugs was being covered at school. Other traders and customers took copies f...

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