Online Reporter
Takunda Gambiza
Herald Reporter
THE Government has launched a festive season drug and substance abuse awareness campaign targeting motorists and communities along major highways and high-traffic areas, amid growing concern over rising drug use during the holiday period.
The campaign, which runs from today until December 24, will start in Harare and cover key routes including Harare-Beitbridge, Harare-Mutare (Forbes Border Post), Harare-Chirinda, Harare-Plumtree and the Nyamapanda-Mukumbura highway.
Outreach activities will also be conducted in high-density and peri-urban areas around the capital such as Trabablas-Skyline-Chitungwiza, Mazowe, Rera, Domboshava, Banket and Goromonzi.
As part of the campaign, law enforcement agencies are deploying breathalysers along major highways to deter drunk driving and reduce substance related accidents during the festive season.
Deputy Director for Drug and Substance Abuse in the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Fanwell Dzoma, said the initiative is being coordinated by the National Committee on Drug and Substance Abuse, which was established in 2021 in response to increasing drug abuse in Zimbabwe.
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