Training was organized for volunteers in order to increase knowledge about drug addiction and its formation stages according to the Action Plan signed between the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Trafficking of Narcotics and the Youth Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the eve of June 26 -"International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking".

The Department Head of the Youth Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, an employee of the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission and a medical psychologist of the Baku Narcotics Center spoke at the event, and participants were informed about the risk factors of drug use, the properties of psychoactive substances and their harmful effects on health, the stages of drug addiction formation, the importance of anti-narcotic propaganda, the methods of combating drug addiction, the effectiveness of search and operation measures carried out by law enforcement agencies as well as extensive information was given about the activity direction of the "802" hotline and a wide discussion was held on the questions of interest to the participants in order to increase their knowledge about the problem of drug addiction.

In the end, the necessary propaganda materials prepared by the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission end "Know the truth about narcotics", "The truth about marijuana" and "The truth about psychotropic substances" were presented to the participants.