Drug-free Societies in the 2nd Conference on the Media, Narcotic Addiction and Social Health

Drug-free Societies in the 2nd Conference on the Media, Narcotic Addiction and Social Health
Date: 7/13/2011

TUMSPR News: The second conference on the Media, Narcotic Addiction and Social Health was held on July12, 2011 with a focus on drug-free societies.

The second conference on the Media, Narcotic Addiction and Social Health was held at Khaghani Auditorium on July12, 2011 to highlight the need for a worldwide action for drug-free societies.

Attendees included the vice-chancellor for Health of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Farid Abolhassani, the Mayor of Tehran’s 7th municipal district, Eng. Mirzaie, the head of the Office for Advertisements and Infoormation of the Ministry of Culture’s deputy for the Media, Dr. Moghimi, and some other figures from Iran’s Medical Council and the University.

Dr. Kharaziha, the manager of the Department for Mental Health of TUMS emphasized that despite the common belief that display of narcotics and the related devices provoke the curiosity of the youth; it has been shown to retract the youth from forming the habit. On the other hand the media were reporting and covering the issue quite incompetently as they would not seek the opinion of the experts on the subject, he said.

Dr. Abolhassani, the vice-chancellor for Health of TUMS, stressed that the diseases accompanying narcotic addiction [including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS] were to be taken seriously. He also believed the role of the media was crucial as like any social project they possessed the two components for success: vast coverage and effectiveness. He said if these two criteria were met social problems and burdens would ameliorate. He added that the message had to be for different walks of life.

The Mayor of the Tehran’s 7th municipal district said the problems the people with narcotic addiction faced had to be told for people, especially for the youth to prevent the disaster as had the scientific methods for its control.

At the end a book entitled: Structural and Content-based Pathology of the Environmental and Media Publicity for the Health Services Regarding Drug Abuse which has been published by TUMS and the Municipality was unveiled.

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