(DEA supports the Red Ribbon Campaign nationwide)...The campaign promotes Healthy, Drug-Free lifestyles.

The Drug Enforcement Administration recognizes the campaign as the nations largest drug prevention effort, throughout the month of October. It provides drug prevention, awareness, and education that encourages living healthy and drug-free. The DEA's Red Ribbon Week is recognized October 23rd through October 31 every year and honors the life of special agent Enrique Kiki Camarena, who was tortured and brutally murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico in 1985.