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A User is a Loser, says Meth Task Force ad
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| XWAVE/KHIL General Manager Mark Lucke helps Marielle, 12, and Landon DeBaun, 11, record the ad they composed for the recent "A User is a Loser" Radio Ad Contest. (Dave Brown/ARN) |
By Carol Broeder/Arizona Range News
Marielle and Landon De Baun of Willcox are the winners in the recent "A User is A Loser" Radio Ad Contest.
The brother and sister team made the recording earlier this month at the home of XWAVE 104.9 and KHIL 1250 AM radio stations, which sponsored the contest along with the Willcox Meth Task Force (WMTF) and Willcox Against Substance Abuse (WASA).
The contest was open to all school age youth. The requirement was that the ad should include the contest theme and be limited to no more than 50 words.
The Willcox Meth Task Forces elected the DeBaun sibling's winning entry at its July 8 meeting.
"They wrote a radio ad that was excellent," said Dr. Dawn K. Walker, who along with Chief of Police Jake Weaver is co-founder of the local task force.
In part, their ad says, "Every time a person uses drugs, they take a chance on losing everything -- even their life. Don't be a user, so you won't be a loser."
It can currently be heard in its entirety on XWAVE 104.9 or KHIL 1250 AM, or by visiting the website, www.willcoxmethtaskforce.org
"We did it because it's really important," 12-year-old Marielle told the Range News.
"We want our friends and other people in the community to understand that it can really ruin your life," she added, and 11-year-old brother, Landon, agreed with her words.
Now in its fifth year, the task force was the result of collaboration by WASA, Northern Cochise Community Hospital (NCCH), and the Willcox Police Department, with assistance from the Partnership for a Drug Free America/Arizona Chapter.
The Willcox Meth Task Force believes the best treatment for meth is prevention of its first use.
Its goal is to proactively educate the community about meth.
"By teaching how meth is the most devastating drug a community can be exposed to, and by engaging our community to become aware about meth, it is our intent to decrease meth-related crime, to decrease meth-related illness, to decrease meth labs in our community, and to decrease meth use, especially meth's first use."
Some facts the task force wants the community to know are that meth is:
Made from the decongestant Sudafed
Addictive from first use
A leading cause of crime
An endangered child issue resulting in increased foster care demand
Is made in labs, which are costly to clean up and dangerous to the environment.
The brother and sister team made the recording earlier this month at the home of XWAVE 104.9 and KHIL 1250 AM radio stations, which sponsored the contest along with the Willcox Meth Task Force (WMTF) and Willcox Against Substance Abuse (WASA).
The contest was open to all school age youth. The requirement was that the ad should include the contest theme and be limited to no more than 50 words.
The Willcox Meth Task Forces elected the DeBaun sibling's winning entry at its July 8 meeting.
"They wrote a radio ad that was excellent," said Dr. Dawn K. Walker, who along with Chief of Police Jake Weaver is co-founder of the local task force.
In part, their ad says, "Every time a person uses drugs, they take a chance on losing everything -- even their life. Don't be a user, so you won't be a loser."
It can currently be heard in its entirety on XWAVE 104.9 or KHIL 1250 AM, or by visiting the website, www.willcoxmethtaskforce.org
"We did it because it's really important," 12-year-old Marielle told the Range News.
"We want our friends and other people in the community to understand that it can really ruin your life," she added, and 11-year-old brother, Landon, agreed with her words.
Now in its fifth year, the task force was the result of collaboration by WASA, Northern Cochise Community Hospital (NCCH), and the Willcox Police Department, with assistance from the Partnership for a Drug Free America/Arizona Chapter.
The Willcox Meth Task Force believes the best treatment for meth is prevention of its first use.
Its goal is to proactively educate the community about meth.
"By teaching how meth is the most devastating drug a community can be exposed to, and by engaging our community to become aware about meth, it is our intent to decrease meth-related crime, to decrease meth-related illness, to decrease meth labs in our community, and to decrease meth use, especially meth's first use."
Some facts the task force wants the community to know are that meth is:
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