GCC drug combating officials agreed at a meeting in Bahrain to set up a joint association to run the campaign. Its creation is one of a list of recommendations to come out of the 19th meeting of GCC directors of drug-combating organisations. The two-day meeting was held at the Diplomat Radisson SAS and ended on Tuesday and the recommendations were announced yesterday. It was chaired by CID acting director Brigadier Farook Al Maawada and also discussed a variety of issues, including further efforts to combat drug trafficking between neighbouring Gulf countries. [continues 145 words]
MANAMA - A CAMPAIGN will be launched next week to spread the word against drugs among Bahrain's young people. The long-term aim is to train one group of young people to educate others about the dangers of drug abuse. They in turn will train others and so on, in a snowball effect that will reach nearly 90 per cent of the nation's youth over five years, say organisers. It will kick off with a BD40,000, 10-day campaign which will be launched on Tuesday by the General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys). [continues 1088 words]
