Pot Is For Losers. PSA courtesy of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America and abovetheinfluence.com. www.drugfree.org www.abovetheinfluence.com Contact Information Partnership for a Drug-Free America 405 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1601 New York, NY 10174 Phone: 212.922.1560 Fax: 212.922.1570 Press Inquiries: 212.973.3517 Donations: 888.575.3115 The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a nonprofit organization that unites parents, renowned scientists and communications professionals to help families raise healthy children. Best known for its research-based national public education programs, the Partnership motivates and equips parents to prevent their children from using drugs and alcohol, and to find help and treatment for family and friends in trouble. The centerpiece of this effort is an online resource center at drugfree.org, featuring interactive tools that translate the latest science and research on teen behavior, addiction and treatment into easy to understand tips and tools. Research conducted by AP and MTV recently showed that kids see their parents as heroes— at drugfree.org, parents can connect with each other, tap into expert advice for children of all ages, and find the support they want and need in their role as hero to their kids. The Partnership depends on donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and other contributors. The Partnership thanks SAG/AFTRA, the advertising industry and our media partners for their ongoing generosity.

“My name is Bridget Rashi Coates, and I’m 17 years old.” Bridget grew up in one of the poorest projects in the southeast section of the District of Columbia. As a youngster, she already had an idea of how her life would turn out… “I thought you go to parties every day, you drink, you smoke, you have a hangover everyday, you have a couple of babies and be on welfare,” Bridget explains. “That’s how you’re suppose to live until you die. “I’m one of 11 kids, and that’s not including the 15 kids my father had. We lived in a five-bedroom house, and all of us lived in that house. So it was pretty crowded, not much privacy.” There wasn’t much safety either. Over 20 people lived in Bridget’s home. Relatives and friends would come and go as they pleased. One night, a close male relative entered Bridget’s bedroom and led her into the closet. “He punched me in my mouth and told me to shut up and so I did. When he was finished I went back to bed,” she recalls. Bridget was only 10 years old. “I cried my way to sleep, but this happened every night, so I learned how to deal with the pain in alcohol and stuff.” Bridget endured continuous sexual abuse for over a year. She finally reported the rapes to the police and tried to tell her mother what was happening. “She couldn’t believe that I had called an investigator,” Bridget tells The 700 Club. “They were going to take all my brothers and sisters away, and she just wanted it to be over. Cbn productions
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