Counter-drug exercise in Camagüey

Camagüey, Mar 12th. - With a preventive, educational and communicational vision, the provincial exercise of confrontation to drugs will be held from 13 to 16 March, to encourage the population of Camagüey to reject the consumption of harmful substances.

Nereisy Gutiérrez Labrada, coordinator of the Programs and Objectives of the Provincial Government of Popular Power, explained that actions will be developed in labor centers, students and communities, Spaces where teaching materials will be visualized and the impact of this scourge on society discussed.

In line with the policy of zero tolerance for drugs, in the Agramonte territory the education sector is implementing a plan of measures aimed at raising people’s perception of risk.

Loreley Suárez Capdevila, provincial director general of education, specified that in the school environment is promoted the treatment of the subject from classes and complementary activities, as well as training for managers and teachers, Exchange in family education schools and case studies to identify warning signs related to the consumption of these substances.

Jorge Enrique Sutil Sarabia, governor of Camagüey, reflected on the precise and concrete operation of the drug sub-commission in the province.

In this regard, he emphasized the obligation to comply with school regulations and duties in each educational institution, identify young people with toxic habits in time, develop more effective health inspection tasks, and strengthen primary health care, with the articulation of all structures, among which the decisive role of the team of specialists in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Prosalud) was highlighted. (Yadira Núñez Figueredo/ACN) (Photo: Taken from Internet)