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‘Drugs Kill Us’ initiative concludes

By Petra - Mar 29,2014 - Last updated at Mar 29,2014

MAFRAQ — The national initiative to combat drugs titled “Drugs Kill Us,” concluded on Saturday, under the patronage of Sharifa Zein Al Sharaf Bint Nasser, chairperson of the board of trustees of the Hashemite Fund for Badia Development.

The initiative was held in the Northern Badia to raise awareness on the dangers of drugs.

The general coordinator of the initiative, Ahmad Shurufat, said the programme targeted 800 students.

The media spokesperson of the initiative, Mohammad Faori, said that 497 university students were detained in connection with drug cases in 2013, 95 of whom were non-Jordanian, citing Anti-Narcotics Department statistics.

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