TEHRAN A series of art and cultural programs will be sponsored in the Khak Sefid region in commemoration of World Day to Campaign and Prevent Drug Addiction (Tuesday, June 26).

In the ceremony, while discussing measures taken to establish a cultural, art and sports complex in this region, the exhibition of the anti-narcotics campaign will be inaugurated and officials in charge of domestic and military affairs will deliver lectures on addiction and the measures taken to campaign against and prevent drug addiction.

The head of the Training and Applied Research Department of the General Department for Campaigning Against Addictive Drugs, affiliated to Law Enforcement Forces (LEF), Colonel Yahya Azimi said that although cultural activities are not considered within the scope of the powers of the LEF, considering the necessity of reducing the demand for drugs and preventing the consumption of drugs among the youth and other people in society, various cultural activities have been carried out and necessary warnings have been given to families and those who are addicted to drugs.

Pointing to the dangerous side effects of using addictive drugs he added that there are many impurities in the narcotic drugs that are distributed in Iran and that drug dealers add some poisonous ingredients to the drugs.

He also emphasized the necessity of information dissemination in this regard and expressed hope that through proper cooperation of different organs in charge of campaigning against addictive drugs, the society would become informed of the hazardous nature of becoming addicted to narcotics.