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The annual Red Ribbon Week Patch program is a unique opportunity for Girl and Boy Scouts across the nation to earn patches by participating in drug education and prevention activities.

National Recovery Month occurs each year during the month of September.

Former DEA Administrator Robert C. Bonner joined the DEA Museum in the first installment of the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum & Visitor Center’s fiscal year 2021 lecture series Disrupt, Dismantle, and Destroy. Mr. Bonner spoke about leading DEA as it put the “Kingpin Strategy” into place in the early1990s to combat violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.

¿Está elaborando una lección sobre la Semana del Listón Rojo para su aula virtual? 

Debido a la pandemia y a los lineamientos sobre la sana distancia (distancia social), esta vez la celebración será un poco diferente de la de años previos. 

Learn more about the history behind Red Ribbon Week, how young people can celebrate, ways teens are staying drug free, plus much more. 

Prior to the 2019 Red Ribbon Rally, Rich Lucey, a prevention program manager in the DEA’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section, hosted a panel discussion with three people from different perspectives -- a parent leader, a college student, and a high school student.

In recognition of Red Ribbon Week, DEA partnered with Google to develop an interactive way to explore the life of Enrique Kiki Camarena through the lens of Google Earth. Watch the preview.

¡Vaya de rojo la Semana del Listón Rojo! Entérese de cómo puede solicitar que un edificio, monumento, negocio o puente de su comunidad se ilumine de rojo. 

RED RIBBON WEEK, which is celebrated annually October 23-31, is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention awareness program.