Press Release – Embargoed for release on 26/06/2022
Initiative for Global Support for a Drug-free lifestyle
“On 26th June 2022, One Voice One Message, OVOM, is launching an initiative for the right to grow up and live in a drug free environment and promote a drug-free lifestyle. The platform is a combination of concerned citizens, including families and organizations around the globe.
Why 26th June? This is the United Nations’ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
In a joint statement OVOM’s Coordinating Team explains:
“People across the world have reached a ‘tipping point’ on a lenient drug policy – and are witnessing an unprecedented, unified push back against drug use. The acceptance of drugs in our society by governments and other institutions is detrimental to children, families and society.”
How will OVOM make a difference? The uptake of support on every continent is testimony to the fact that healthier, drug free lives can be achieved when people join together in support, with One Voice One Message (OVOM).
OVOM does not rely on governments but rather on individuals and families, to promote alternatives for drugs in a ‘whole of community approach’. We are witnessing, even at this early stage, that everyone acknowledges that we can all make a contribution to this change in focus, with a Vision is to unite to stop the demand for drugs that will end the supply (and the power of drugs cartels); that there will be a global commitment to a world rejecting all non-medical use of internationally controlled drugs and the illicit use of legal drugs.
Our aim is that everyone throughout the world acknowledges that they have an important
role to play in keeping drugs and crime out of their neighborhood; and can do this by uniting, caring and sharing the same strong message, backed by verified information and knowledge. The goal is to raise awareness about the consequences of drugs that harm users, families and societies.
What can YOU, the people do now to support OVOM?
- Sign the petition ‘Our Voice, Our Future’ and talk with your neighbors, friends, community leaders and service clubs. You can find the petition at: www.ovom.info
- Offer skills and in-kind sponsorship through your knowledge, skills and connections.
- If you have been directly affected by drugs in some way, please consider sharing your story and how you feel this may have been avoided.
- If you have overcome drug addiction, tell us your story, so that others can benefit.
Contact:
Via website www.ovom.info for more information and/or media interviews. Media contacts for Western Europe contact Renée Besseling +46 79358 5021 or write to admin.ovom@protonmail.com. In Australia contact Gary Christian 0422 163 141.