On February 28 of this year, the next educational event on the fight against drug addiction was organized in prison № 17 within the framework of the implementation of the Action Plan jointly signed between the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice and the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Trafficking in Narcotics.

   The deputy head of the Working Group of the State Commission, the expert-physician of the General Anti-Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Committee on Family, Women and Children"s Problems, an expert-doctor of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, a doctor-psychologist of the Republican Narcotics Center of the Ministry of Health, an employee of the Department of Organization of Educational Work of the Ministry of Justice participated at the event.

  At the meeting, detailed information was given on the prevention of drug-related crimes, at the same time, the destructive effect of drugs on the human body, the social evils it causes and the role of the state in organizing the fight in this direction, the rehabilitation and reintegration of drug-affected convicts into society, and the spread of AIDS and a number of infectious diseases.

  At the end, extensive discussions were held on the questions and necessary propaganda materials prepared by the Working Group of the State Commission end "Know the truth about narcotics", "The truth about marijuana" and "The truth about psychotropic substances" were distributed among the participants.