Workers attend awareness lecture on drug abuse

More than 280 workers from different companies and institutions have attended the Qatar Foundation for Combating Human Trafficking (QFCHT) awareness campaign.The campaign adopted the topic “trading and using drug is a crime punishable by law”, and was conducted on June 13 at the Labourers Health Centre (LHC) in the Industrial Area.Mohamed Saafan, legal researcher at QFCHT, spoke about QFCHT, its vision, mission and its general objective, and called upon foreign workers to communicate with the Foundation through its offices located in LHC and the Justice Courts as well as by phone - hotline line 188 and 55653388, and email : info@qfcht.org.qa Dr Shafiq Mahpashy from the Qatari Red Crescent talked about the drug phenomenon and its negative effects. He confirmed that workers basically depend on their physical health in their work, so if they have health problem, they would not be able to work. He also confirmed that drugs commonly cause cancer.Anwar Mohamed Omar, from the anti-Drugs Department, Ministry of Interior, spoke about the legal consequences of drug abuse. He also spoke about how to identify individuals addicted to drugs. At the end of the lecture, there was an open discussion with the workers.