National Narcotics Control Bureau

Forthcoming Events

Youth Challenge: 13 to 15 April

This is a youth fair organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports from 13 to 15 at Youth Center. NNCB will take part in the fair and make use of the opportunity to promote life skills among the youth.

Kudahuvadu Program: 16 April

The prevention unit of NNCB will visit Kudahuvadu, South Nilandhe Atoll on 16 April. They will organize a life skills workshop for the youth and a parenting skills workshop during the visit.

Parenting skills presentation in Jamaluddin school: 22 to 23 April

The Prevention Unit of NNCB will organize presentations for the parents of grade 6 and 7 of Jamaluddin School on 22 and 23 April. The aim is to teach parents the skills needed to recognize early signs of vulnerability among children so that remedial measures can be done early.

The Challenge

Illicit drugs are a global impediment to the social and economic development of nations. The impact of the drug scourge has been particularly severe on the Maldives, threatening her prosperity, good health, and indeed her whole future.

In the past decade we have intensified our efforts to stop the drug menace. But we, as a nation, need to do even more to ensure that criminals, who put their own interests before those of the nation, do not take our common heritage away from us.

The lesson we learn from other countries is that drug abuse is a hydra-like multifaceted issue. It requires a balanced well-coordinated multi-sectoral approach, encompassing measures to stop illicit drugs from entering the country and to reduce the demand for them. Both these aspects are equally important and need to be given the same, high priority.

We, therefore, call upon all Maldivians, as indeed the international community, to support fully our efforts to eliminate the scourge of illicit drugs from the Maldives and beyond our borders. This is the challenge and we must commit ourselves to this challenge.