The Continuing Education and Development Center at the University of Basrah organized a workshop on the symptoms of the stages of drug abuse and its effects.
The aim of the workshop is to educate university students about the dangers of taking drugs and their psychological, physical and social symptoms and their health consequences.
The workshop, which was presented by the teachers, Shahd Risan Obaid and Ashwaq Jabbar Hammoud, included two main topics. The first is to clarify the meaning of drugs and the reason for their spread, and to clarify their negative impact on young people, and what is the role of the family and society in preventing the danger of drugs. As for the second topic, it clarifies the problems that occur due to addiction, what are the types of drugs, the most important stages that the user goes through, and what are the most important psychological, physical and social symptoms that occur after crossing the addiction stage.
In the end, the recommendation for the most important issue was to pay attention to this problem and its dangers that threaten the safety and security of society, and to activate the role of the family and society in educating young people about the dangers of this problem and its impact on their future.
