Permanent Committee for Drugs and Alcohol Affairs

The committee

The Permanent Committee for Drugs and Alcohol Affairs was established according to the decree No. (1) for the year 1999 issued by the Council of Ministers The above decree was amended by the decree No. (12) for the year 2001 in the framework of Arab strategy for combating illegal consumption of drugs and other mental stimulants, which stipulates that, formation of such committees should comprise officials from social affairs, health, media, education and security sectors.

The Secretariat

The committee has a secretary who is responsible about the secretarial works which include preparing agendas of the committee, meeting notes and reports, memorandums announced by the meetings, following up the implementation of the recommendations issued by the committee, conducting lectures, courses, conferences and exhibitions and executing any other mission requested by the concerned departments.