On March 13, 2025, the senior lecturer of the Department of Finance and Economics of the Institute of Education and Management of WKITU Nurmanova A.K. organized a meeting with a specialist in the field of drug addiction on the topic “The problem of drug addiction among young people and its prevention” among 1st-2nd year students.

The event was attended by a specialist psychiatrist-narcologist of the regional psychiatric and narcological dispensary Satanov Nurlan Fatikhollaevich.

Drug addiction is a pathological craving for drugs. Drug addiction is the scourge of the whole society, an epidemic that threatens our future. Teenagers most often suffer from drug addiction, but at this time more and more people are falling into the drug trap among adults.

The consequences and ways of combating drug addiction among young people, current religious problems in society, the socio-economic impact of drug addiction on society were discussed.

Nurlan Fatihollaevich called on young people to avoid bad habits, not to use drugs, and not to engage in illegal activities.