A meeting called "Combating harmful habits" was held with the participation of leaders and representatives of youth organizations in the National Council of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan (NAYORA) in accordance with the Action Plan signed between the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Trafficking in Drugs and the Youth Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

   The Chairman of the National Council of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Department of the Youth Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sector Head of the Working Group of the State Commission spoke at the event and at the same time the participants were given extensive information about the risk factors of drug use, the characteristics of psychoactive substances and their harmful effects on health, the stages of the formation of drug addiction, the importance of anti-narcotic propaganda, and methods of combating drug addiction in order to increase their knowledge about the problem of drug addiction and discussions were held around the questions that interested the participants.