Parents role ‘vital’ to curb drugs spread in their kids

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Awareness fair opens in Avenues Mall

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Director- General of the General Department of Relations and Security Media at the Ministry of Interior, Major General Tawhid Al- Kandari, stressed the great role of the family in educating their children about the dangers of drugs and raising their level of awareness. This came in a press statement Tuesday, on the occasion of the opening of the awareness exhibition (Weyak) to prevent the scourge of drugs, which is organized by the General Department of Relations and Security Media at the Ministry of Interior in the Avenues Mall, in cooperation with Zain Communications Company and the Kuwaiti Cartoon Society.

Major General Al-Kandari called on parents to inform the concerned authorities about their children suffering from drugs and substance abuse for effective treatment and rehabilitation, without considering this incident as a criminal precedent. He pointed out that the administration’s doors are open to parents to answer inquiries related to drugs, pointing to the possibility of receiving inquiries through the emergency number 112 or through the hotline of the General Administration for Drug Control at 1884141 or through the ministry’s official accounts on social media.

He said that the exhibition comes in implementation of the directives of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al- Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah to intensify various activities to raise awareness of the dangers of drugs and psychotropic substances on members of society.

He added that the exhibition aims to enhance awareness of the dangers of drugs and psychotropic substances on the individual and society, as well as enhance communication with the public in order to achieve integration in the efforts exerted between official agencies and community institutions. He pointed out the ministry’s keenness to cooperate with society groups and institutions to confront the drug scourge and spread awareness and ways to prevent and address it. (KUNA)

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