Heading for The Hill

The official swearing in ceremony

Public officials in cities across the country have begun proclaiming their local “Drug-Free Marshals Day.” With this support and a decade of empowering millions to be drug-free as their springboard, the Marshals are going for more. To officially celebrate their ten years of drug-free crusading, and expand it to reach millions more, the Drug-Free Marshals are taking their campaign to the Nation’s Capital. There Marshals from around the country will meet — and perform honorary swear-ins — with members of Congress from every state, capping their trip with a gala anniversary event.

“The only way to have a drug-free environment is to create it,” says Gonzales. “So, yes, we have a lot to celebrate in Washington and in cities across America, but what’s more important is that we broaden the Drug-Free Marshal’s effective drug prevention campaign to an even wider level of recognition and use.”

A series of local events lead up to the Washington DC ventures. At these local activities old-time “Head Marshals” — pioneer Drug-Free Marshals who are now in their twenties — are rallying grassroots Drug-Free Marshals in cites nationwide to sign on highest-ever pledgers and round up their local delegates for visits to Capitol Hill.

Gonzales says the Los Angeles campaign includes new anti-drug booklets printed and distributed by the hundreds of thousands and a commemorative 10th Anniversary brochure, as well as newly-designed 10th Anniversary Drug-Free Marshals t-shirts, ball caps, posters and other items promoting the commitment to be drug-free.

For information on the Drug-Free Marshals and their Southland events and activities, call 323-953-3200 or visit the Drug-Free Marshals website at www.drugfreemarshals.org