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Contact:
Claudia Monlouis
Thursday, June 26, 2003 - Some 3,000 members of Drug Free Clubs around
the island, will on Thursday June 26, join the Substance Abuse Council
Secretariat (SACS), in marking International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking.
Activities to mark the day will be held under the theme “Let us talk About
Drugs.” Director of the Secretariat, Clement Edwards, has stated that the
Secretariat has a packed agenda of upcoming activities, commencing on Thursday
June 26, and continuing until July.
“The various drug free clubs within the community will be doing some literature,
poster and flyer distribution, and providing the communities with information,
on various issues pertaining to drugs, its impact and its effects,” Edwards
said.
A Mr. and Miss Drug Free Pageant scheduled for June 29, at the Ti Rocher Micoud
Multi-purpose Centre beginning at three o’clock, is also on the calendar of
activities.
In 1987, the UN General Assembly decided to observe June 26, as the
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, as an expression
of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation, to achieve the goal
of an international society free of drug abuse.
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