Drug Facts for Young People explained

Image Alt:Ben Wicks illustrated cover of Elementary Safety Book for Children
Editor:Toni Ziganash
Frequency:Annual
Category:Young Teens
Company:Regional Maple Leaf Communications Inc
Country:Canada
Based:Edmonton, Alberta
Language:English

Drug Facts For Young People is an English-language magazine published annually by Regional Maple Leaf Communications Inc.[1] It was first published in 1986 and is aimed at young teens.[2] Drug Facts For Young People focuses on making young people aware of their own values, the influences of their peers and role models, and encourages them to make a positive choice regarding drugs such as alcohol.[3] Some schools in US and Canada use the book as an extra curriculum activity.[4] Drug Facts For Young People has been endorsed by the RCMP Foundation since 1999 and was formerly illustrated by Ben Wicks from 1996 - 2000.[5] [6] [7] After his death, RMC created "The Ben Wicks Award" in his honor and each year, up-and coming artists from Canada and the US entered the contest for a chance to win the right to illustrate the book and collect the $10,000 prize.[8]

In 2010, RMC chose a former Ben Wicks Award Winner for Elementary Safety Book, Canadian artist Bob Hahn, to create a unique set of animal characters for the publication and the new accompanying website drugfacts4youngpeople.com.[9] Drugfacts4youngpeople.com hosts annual vids4kids contest, which is a five thousand dollars video contest with various drug prevention related topics each year.[10]

Former Ben Wicks Award Winners and Illustrators for Drug Facts For Young People Book

  1. 2002 - Mike Myhre (Fort St. John, BC)
  2. 2003 - Rob Jones (Victoria, BC)
  3. 2004 - June Um (Vancouver, BC)
  4. 2005 - Jeff Epp (Harrow, ON)
  5. 2006 - Ian Maclean (Calgary, AB)
  6. 2007 - Rob Seddon (Kanata, ON)
  7. 2008 - Rachel Loveless (Edmonton, AB)
  8. 2009 - Lettie Lo (Oakville, ON)
  9. 2010 - Agnes Wiguna (Toronto, ON)

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.gnb.ca/0000/publications/curric/healthk-5.pdf Health Education Curriculum, Kindergarten – Grade 5, New Brunswick
  2. Web site: Drug Facts For Young People is published by Regional Maple leaf Communications. July 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130710170323/http://regionalmapleleaf.com/publications/drug-facts-4-young-people . July 10, 2013. dead.
  3. http://drugfacts4youngpeople.com/ Variety of drug prevention topics are covered by Drug Facts For Young People
  4. http://adcaps.wsu.edu/drugs101/what-are-drugs/ Drug Fact For Young People educates teen about drugs.
  5. [Royal Canadian Mounted Police Foundation|Drug Facts For Young People has been endorsed by RCMP Foundation]
  6. http://www.rcmp-f.ca/partners/list.php RCMP foundation's partner list
  7. http://www.canadiancartoonists.com/news_pantheon_wicks.html Ben Wicks illustrated Drug Facts For Young People
  8. Web site: Ben wicks award . 2013-07-30 . 2020-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200513114519/https://regionalmapleleaf.com/news/ben-wicks-award . dead .
  9. Web site: Bob Hahn accepts permanent position to design all of RMC’s upcoming websites . 2013-07-30 . 2013-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130817175311/http://regionalmapleleaf.com/news/bob-hahn-to-design-RMCs-upcoming-websites . dead .
  10. http://elementarysafety.com/colouring-pages The Elementary Safety Book for Children offers safety related coloring pages