A meeting in response to the Action Month for Drug Prevention and Control was jointly held by the Ministry of Public Security and the central province of Nghe An on June 26.
Outstanding local collectives and individuals are awarded certificates of merit by the Ministry of Public Security and the chairperson of the Nghe An provincial People's Committee at the event. (Photo: VNA)
Nghe An (VNA) ♛– A meeting in response to the Action Month for Drug Prevention and Control was jointly held by the Ministry of Public Security and the central province of Nghe An on June 26.
Speaking at the event, which saw the attendance of officials from nine provinces bordering Laos, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long asked ministries, sectors, and localities to push forwards with fighting drug-related crimes, carrying out the 2021 Law on Drug Prevention and Control, and promoting anti-drug communications with diversified contents and forms.
Focus should be put on drug hotspots and high-risk groups, especially youths, students, and workers, to enhance the entire society's "immunity" against the scourge of drugs, he said.
Long also requested functional forces to strengthen measures to prevent drug supply sources, crack down on illegal drug use spots, and improve infrastructure and the quality of drug detoxification and post-detoxification management.
In Nghe An, after more than two years of implementing and expanding the model of "drug-free border communes", 227 out of the 460 commune-level localities have been recognised as "drug-free" areas. Five district-level localities have recorded 100% of their communes free of drugs.
However, the drug crime situation in the province remains complicated, drugs smuggled from abroad into Nghe An have not been thoroughly prevented, and the number of addicts is still high, which are conditions for crimes and social evils to grow.
At the meeting, outstanding local collectives and individuals were awarded certificates of merit by the Ministry of Public Security and the chairperson of the Nghe An provincial People's Committee for their excellent achievements in implementing and promoting the model of “drug-free border communes”./.
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