Come January, the National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) will be rolling out most of their programmes online, starting with sensitisation around new psychoactive substances.
That was revealed by the council’s manager Betty Hunte during a walkabout through the Fairchild Street, The City Bus Terminal yesterday.
“January is Drug Awareness month, so we have a series of webinars planned. What we want to do is look at all these new substances that are emerging. We’re going to do some sensitisation and education around the new psychoactive substances. People are trying and mixing new things or whatever is available to get a high,” she explained.
Hunte added with COVID-19 conditions, traditional drugs may not be readily available, so they were alerting people as to what to look for. She added they were also forming partnerships with the Forensics Department and the Barbados Drug Service as they were the entities doing the testing of all drugs which surfaced. (RA)
Subscribe now to our eNATION edition for the full story.
For the latest stories and breaking news updates download the Nationnews apps for iOS and Android.
