CatSU highlights anti-illegal drugs campaign on International Day against Drug Abuse

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CatSU highlights anti-illegal drugs campaign on International Day against Drug Abuse

In recognition of the university’s outstanding programs and practices against drug abuse, Catanduanes State University (CatSU) was selected as one of the three Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in Bicol to share their replicable practices on anti-illegal drugs campaign during the one-day seminar held at Legazpi City, June 27, 2023.

Dubbed as 𝘉𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭 𝘏𝘌𝘐𝘴: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘴 (𝘉 𝘚𝘈𝘍𝘌, 𝘗𝘈𝘋𝘚), the seminar was conducted in observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

The event aimed to educate the youth about the risks of drug usage and improve their ability to resist drug use temptations. It also encourages youth to take an active role in initiating drug abuse prevention.

Prof. John Cyrus B. Francis, Director of the Office of the Student Affairs and Development Services (OSADS), led the presentation of CatSU’s anti-illegal drugs campaign, including the re-orientation program for all CatSU students, which highlighted the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Moreover, CatSU University Student Council President (USC) and Student Regent Francine Mae T. Tayo, who was also one of the participants, urged her fellow youth to be more aggressive in their campaign against the illegal use of drugs, citing drug abuse as a “deep-rooted societal problem that branches out in society in its evilest form.”

“The greatest help that we can offer [as a youth] is to not let ourselves be an addition to the worsening case of illegal drug use but to help in the prevention and reduction of it. To my fellow youth, the least we can do is live by the advocacy of Wag Tumikim,” USC President Tayo added.

Meanwhile, also present at the said seminar were the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUMSS) College Student Council (CSC) President, Emmanuel Eric S. Llanita, and College of Education CSC President, John Lester T. Templonuevo.  #RJI