WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987
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EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON SOFT DRUGS STEPPED UT
PREVENTIVE EDUCATION
DANGERS OF PSYCHOTROPIC
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PUBLIITY PROGRAMME REGARDING SUBSTANCES SHOULD BE INTENSIFIED, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HION DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TODAY (WEDNESDAY!.
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REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION FROM THE HON MRS RITA FAN, JEAFFRESON SAID THAT THE MAIN THRUST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-NARCOTICS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION ANTH PUBLICITY PROGRAMME HAD ALWAYS BEEN DIRECTED AT YOUNG PEOPLE.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HE SAID, THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE NEWLY REPORTED TO THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE HAD GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, FROM 121 IN 1983 TO 783 IN 1986.
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ABUSED NOW INDICATIONS
DRUG AMONG THESE THAT MORE YOUNG
BE ALSO SAID THAT THE MOST COMMONLY PEOPLE WAS HEROIN. BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE HAD BEEN ABUSING SUCH PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AS MANDRAX AND CANNABIS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO, HE ADDED.
THEREFORE, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCEPTED THE ADVICE GIVEN BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACANE THAT THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME REGARDING THE DANGERS OF THESE DRUGS SHOULD BE INTENSIFIEN.
MR JEAFFRESON THEN LISTED OUT MEASURES THAT HAD EITHER BERN TAKEN OR WOULD BE TAKEN IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR:
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MORE FREQUENT BROADCASTS. OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST (APIS) ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES IN GENERAL;
PLACING LARGE POSTERS RELATING ΤΟ PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AT CONSPICUOUS PLACES AND PLACES FREQUENTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE;
ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH AGAINST DRUGS SCHEME;
INCLUDING IN THE SCHOOL TEACHING KIT AN INFORMATION SHEET ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES;
PRODUCING A SIMILAR INFORMATION LEAFLET FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS;
STRENGTHENING THE CONTENT OF SCHOOL TALKS GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL TALKS TEAM BY INCLUDING MORE INFORMATION ON THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF ABUSING THESE DRUGS AND
* EXPANDING THE SCHOOL TALKS TEAM.
AIR JŁAFTRESON