Investing in prevention is fundamental to attack drug consumption

The World Day for the fight against alcohol and drug abuse was recently commemorated, with the slogan focused on Investing in Prevention. In this context, Cristina Rabadan, a bilingual technical advisor on substance use disorders, tells us how much has been invested in prevention in our community.

Cristina Rabadan says that it also has to do with the system and how it responds to the needs of the community and says about substance use disorders, she points out that in our community there is a strong stigma, we have our own ideas of what the disease of addiction is.

Also, we think it is an expensive treatment that is unaffordable to our pockets.

He acknowledged that people who use drugs feel ashamed and said that it is necessary to recognize that we have the problem and break the silence.

He took the opportunity to talk about the campaign “Comienza con la Esperanza” (Begin with Hope).

If you need more information look at the web page comienzaconesperanza.com you will have information in Spanish, but the first thing Cristina Rabada said, is to recognize the problem of addictions.