NNA - Head of the Pharmacists Syndicate, Dr. Joe Salloum, visited today the “JAD” Association, launching coordination and cooperation between the Syndicate and JAD (Youth Against Drugs).

Salloum considered that “this cooperation falls within his battle to protect the patients and the youth of Lebanon," adding that he is fighting by all available means "the smuggled medicine that includes narcotic substances and easy access to it in large quantities on the black market which encourages addiction."

He said: "Captagon and neurological medications and similar smuggled drugs are two sides of the same coin: drugging and killing people."

Salloum regretted the "inaction" and "turning a blind eye" on the part of state authorities in dealing with this dossier, with the exception of some of the security and judicial apparatuses with which he is coordinating.

=========R.Sh.