Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman on Sunday will participate with the countries around the world in celebrating the International Day for Drug Control.
The day falls on 26 June each year with the slogan (Yes to a safe drug society) that aims to address the scourge of drugs as a shared responsibility between the authorities concerned and society.
This year’s campaign includes holding exhibitions and awareness lectures directed to the community, implemented by the awareness team specialised in the General Administration of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control and the geographical departments in the governorates.
The General Department of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control of the Royal Oman Police said that most countries suffer from the scourge of drug crimes and has social, economic, health and security dimensions.
The international reports issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime indicate that there is a remarkable growth in drug crimes worldwide, whether through the emergence of new types of narcotic substances or the emergence of advanced methods of manufacturing, concealment and smuggling.
Controlling this problem is a very difficult task, as authorities predict an increase in the volume of production of narcotic substances with newer methods of smuggling operations.
