In coincidence with the contributions of Al-Imam University Vice-Rectorate for Planning, Development, and Quality in spreading awareness societal activities, especially in the area of narcotic drugs control, the Saudi Centre for Narcotic Drugs Control and Psychotropic Substances Studies “Haseen” has participated on the last days at the celebration of King Khaled University Hospital in memorizing the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
The awareness session, which has arranged by Haseen Centre for KSU students and employees, has focused on the preventive awareness of the drugs and narcotics, and to let the participants being familiar about the types of drugs and the psychotropic substances. It also focused on enlightening participants about the wrong practices and behaviours at scholarship period, and on introducing them about the symptoms of addiction and the related regulations and laws of narcotics control and the associated legal penalties.
It is worth to mention that, the awareness session has lectured by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Zubin, Dean of Haseen Centre. He has enlightened the participants about the drugs and the psychotropic substances and their affections to the effects of drugs on neurons and brain systems, signs of abuse, and the health damage caused by drug abuse, and the mental illness and family damage related to rewarding drugs.