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Anti-drug exhibition held in Brunei

Xinhua, September 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

An anti-drug exhibition themed "What you don't know can kill you", was held on Tuesday at Brunei's big downtown shopping mall in conjunction with the school team holiday aimed at giving public education and awareness to prevent drug abuse and trafficking in the country.

Osmawi Hj Osman, assistant director of preventive drug education division of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), told Xinhua that the exhibition is as part of the international "Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life" drug prevention program to educate young people on the truth about drugs.

A lot of posters, photos, drug samples and publications are on display that cover the facts about marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, crack, heroin, crystal Meth, LSD, prescription stimulants and painkillers, and allow people to understand the risks so as to make their decision to live a drug-free life.

The assistant director said drug abuse situation in the country is not serious now, but the government will take preventive measures to educate the yang people to stay away from drugs.

"We are taking the opportunity during the school team holiday and hoping students and their families to visit the exhibition at the mall," he said.

According to an early reports by the Brunei Times, the NCB has apprehended 610 drug abusers and traffickers (517 men and 93 women) in 2014. The number is a 10 percent decline in the number of arrests made by NCB compared with the 2013 statistics, which is a total of 679 drug offenders. Endi