The campaign «Stop, drugs!» has started

As part of the implementation of the measures provided for by the comprehensive plan to combat drug addiction and drug trafficking for 2023-2025, as well as in accordance with the plan of joint activities for 2023-2024 for the prevention of drug addiction in educational institutions, a special lecture for students of the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University was held on November 2, 2023.

The event was attended by the representative of the Prosecutor`s Office of Almaty Nursultan Nurlanovich, Vice-rector for Social Development Chingiz Nurlanovich and young people studying.

During the lecture, the representative of the Prosecutor`s Office informed the youth in detail about the legal consequences of participating in drug trafficking, about the dangers of «Pharmacy drug addiction» in the formation of drug addiction, the spread of new psychoactive substances, stressed the importance of abstaining from them and following a healthy lifestyle. In addition, the students were shown a video about the dangers of drugs.

In addition, it was warned that criminal liability has been established for becoming an administrator of online stores and participating in the concealment of drugs.

Nursultan Nurlanovich stressed that the damage that drugs can cause to a person`s life is enormous, and cases related to drug addiction in court provide for very severe punishment.

It should be noted that depending on the amount of drugs, in the law they are divided into particularly serious, serious crimes. There is a special law on the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs with psychotropic substances. The law additionally specifies the drug dosage table. If the amount of narcotic drugs specified in the table is not reached, an administrative penalty is imposed. And on a particularly large scale, a criminal penalty is imposed.

At the end of the event, students took part in the campaign «Stop, drugs!» and filmed a video message.