An intellectual competition against the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors and drug addiction was organized on December 13 of this year at the Shirvan Youth House with the joint organization of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission in connection with the implementation of subparagraph 4.4.25 of the Action Plan of the “State Program for 2019–2024 on the Fight against Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors and Drug Addiction”,  in order to form the anti-drug worldview of students.

The Chief Advisor of the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission, the Leading Advisor of the Social Development Sector of the Youth Affairs Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the Doctor-Psychologist of the Republican Narcology Center of the Ministry of Health participated at the event and made a speech in order to increase the knowledge of young people about the problem of drug addiction and also an interactive training was organized in the format of a presentation on 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-drug propaganda, and methods of combating drug addiction. As a result of the training, 6 teams, each consisting of 5 people, were formed with the participation of students to organize an intellectual competition, and questions consisting of 3 stages were presented. The teams "FIFA", "Alfa", "Casaratli", "Avangard", "The Khakhiyevs", "Qarabagh" and "Neftchi" competed in the competition, and the "FIFA" team was the winner.

At the end, the winners were awarded diplomas prepared jointly by the Permanent Working Group of the State Commission and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and certificates were also presented to other participants.