A training was held at the Shabran office of the Youth Development and Career Center in accordance with the action plan signed between the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission on Combating Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and the Youth Foundation.

  In order to increase the knowledge and professionalism of volunteers on the problem of drug addiction, the participants were informed about the risk factors of drug use, the characteristics of psychoactive substances and their harmful effects on health, the stages of formation of drug addiction, the importance of anti-drug propaganda, methods of combating drug addiction and the issues of interest to the participants were discussed.

  At the end of the event, the participants were presented with certificates prepared by the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission, a booklet entitled on "Methodological recommendations to help identify drug and psychotropic substance abusers" and other necessary advocacy materials.