STUDENTS DRESS UP TO HELP FIGHT DRUGS

FREDERICK -- The message from Frederick Elementary students was - "No way!
I'm too smart for that!"

That was their response to "Want some alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs?"
during National Red Ribbon Week. Teachers and students celebrated each day
of last week in a special way.

Monday was "red" day and the students wore red to show they are "red-y" to
fight drugs.

Tuesday was western day and they wore western clothes to show they were
ready to "rope 'em up and kick out drugs."

They wore Hawaiian costumes Wednesday as a message to "lei off drugs."

Thursday was sports day and Friday was "twins" day, each carrying an
anti-drug message.

Red Ribbon Week originated to honor Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, a Drug
Enforcement Agency operative murdered by drug dealers in Mexico.

Camarena grew up in a dirt-floored house in Mexico, excelled in high school
and joined the DEA in 1985.

To honor his memory, Red Ribbon Week was established so young people could
carry on Camarena's belief that one person can make a difference.