Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Apr. 5 / Trend H.Hasanov /
Turkmenistan holds "purposeful measures to prevent harmful habits damaging health and especially, such negative phenomena as drug addiction" among the Turkmen youth,
Chairman of the Turkmen Central Council of Makhtumkuli Youth Organization Mamed Khojaguliyev said at the governmental meeting.
President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov emphasized that it is necessary to consolidate efforts of the entire society in the fight against drugs and drug addiction, as it is the only way to put a reliable barrier to this dangerous social evil.
Turkmenistan is adjacent to Afghanistan, from whose territory drugs are actively transported to markets, including Europe, UN reported.
Material and technical base of the state customs and border services, and law enforcement agencies are systematically and consistently reinforced in Turkmenistan. The country annually holds open activities on the destruction of seized narcotic drugs.