DUILA’S Prevention Education Programs
Programs For Children and Youth
Examples of DUILA prevention programs (taught in schools by uniformed deputies and trained student-peer counselors) include:
Elementary School - Kindergarten through Sixth Grade
Elementary School Students: Free From Drugs, Positively kNOw Drugs, and Positively kNOw
Violence have gained national attention for exemplary ability to reach elementary school students.
Education of our children is the primary goal of Drug Use Is Life Abuse. Working in cooperation with educators, law enforcement, business leaders and artists at Disney Studios, an education program was developed to reach school children in grades K-3. Skippy, Spike and Wise Owl Mike, three characters developed at Disney, come to life singing and dancing their "Drug Free Rap" to students. Skippy (a hand puppet) and a law enforcement officer also present an anti-drug curriculum and colorful take home materials.
Deputy Steve Garrison from the Orange County Sheriff's Department
teaches a drug education course
for Valerie Mitchell's fifth graders at Bethany Christian Academy in Westminister CA
Orange County Sheriff Deputy Colin Dadd teaches drug education at Villa Park Elementary School in Villa Park. Children were taught the effects of taking certain drugs. They are given advice on what to "say and do" when they encounter drugs. The educational program, Positively kNOw Drugs, with the assistance of the Orange County Sheriff's Department fullfills state mandates on substance abuse education and awareness.
Orange County Sheriff Deputy Kenny Chism teaches drug education at Santiago Elementary School in Lake Forest. Children were taught how certain drugs affect visual impairment. The children were given special goggles. Wearing the goggles allowed the children to simulated being under alcoholic influences. Both visual and body control were greatly reduced. Afterwards, the children were able to view Drug Use Is Life Abuse/Orange County Sheriff's Department special Hummer vehicle up close.
Gate's Elementary School
Deputy Bart Epley teaches children different types of drugs.
Middle School
Middle School Students: Next Step and Tools for Tolerance arm middle
school students with information and strategies for drug-free and violence-free
lives at the time when most experimentation begins.
High School
High School student leaders were crucial in developing the Drug Use Is Life Abuse message. Teenagers serve on the Drug Use Is Life Abuse Board of Directors and some have traveled to Washington, D.C. to appear before the President's Drug Advisory Council. These dedicated young persons are also instrumental in the success of Students Against Drug Abuse (SADA), a student organization whose members participate in community events and develop their own special projects like the widely distributed anti-drug newsletter, "Whitelines."
Programs For Adults Who Interact With Children and Youth
- Parents
- Teachers
- Employers
- Seniors
DUILA staff conduct educational presentations and interactive “Town Hall” meetings for parents, teachers, employers and seniors. Topics are customized for each group, usually centering on substance abuse, gangs, and violence.
Drug Use Is Life Abuse | P.O. Box 28 | Santa Ana, CA 92702