I Am Responsible for My Future

I Am Responsible for My Future

Awarded Best Crime Prevention Project at the National Prevention Projects and Community Initiatives Awards 2019 (MoI, Republic of Lithuania).

Different people use drugs for different reasons (escape, relax, curiosity, fit in, boredom, rebel, experiment, etc.) but all of them want to change something is their lives. They think drugs are a solution. But eventually, the drugs become the problem.

The main objective of our project was to protect the members of the society (in particular children and youth) from harmful environment, to help them eliminate/reduce the risk factors which determine the use of psychoactive substances and the development of various addictions. Also it was seeking to improve the situation with drug-related offenses (both criminal and administrative) in Šiauliai.

Drug-related problems have no simple solutions, but knowing the facts can help people deal with them and make a proper choice.

The start date of the project was 01/01/2018 and the end date was 31/12/2018.
The project was being implemented during the 2018.
The implementation of a certain successful activities has been continued in 2019.