According to the instructions of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Head of the State Program on Fight against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking of Drugs Mr. Ali Hasanov, and in connection with the implementation of the paragraph 4.4.16 of the Action Plan on Implementation of the Action Plan on “State Program on Drug Trafficking, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors for 2013-2018”, awareness-raising event was held on 29 November at the Barda Public Administration Technology College with the participation of representatives of the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Health and Education, the State Committee on Family, Women and Children Affairs initiated by the State Commission Working Group.

   Attending the event, the representatives of the relevant state bodies spoke on the subject, including the disastrous effects of drugs on the human body, the disaster caused by the drug addiction, the importance of the district commission's attention to the prevention of drug addiction, the involvement of public figures and religious figures in such events, expansion of relations between municipalities, police authorities, education personnel, labor collectives and relevant commissions. They provided information and recommendations on prevention of ways of spread of AIDS and other terrible illnesses and wide-ranging discussions were held around the questions of the event participants.

      The necessary visual aids prepared by the State Commission's Working Group were distributed to the participants.