On November 30, a guest lecture “Prevention of drug addiction, alcoholism and gambling addiction” was held at Ablai Khan KazUIR&WL, the speaker of which was Nurzhan Zhakupov, a specialist of the Association of Legal entities Zhana Gasyr. The lecture by the speaker reflected on issues related to the types and causes of addictive behavior, stages of addiction, factors and technologies of self-analysis.
Students were informed about the factors contributing to the development of addiction; they were given examples from the lives of young people suffering from drug and alcohol addiction and methods of their treatment. N. Zhakupov noted that the number of addicts is growing in Kazakhstan, therefore information and preventive measures are necessary, since it is important to live by the principle “Forewarned is forearmed.”
During the lecture, students asked questions to which they received satisfactory answers.
We thank the Akimat of Almaty for information support on these issues, as well as N. Zhakupov for the lecture.