Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC) conducted the annual SPOT survey together with the students of the Department of Media Studies in order to find out the trend of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs usage in Jaffna and Kilinochchi districts on the 6th and 7th of September 2022.
According to the MoU between ADIC and the University of Jaffna, the survey carried out aligned with the objective of increasing the knowledge among students on the influence of alcohol and drugs in local societies via community-level interaction.
Prior to the field survey, ADIC conducted a short training program for the students on the behaviour and attitude changes relevant to alcohol and drug usage and the technical inputs related to the administration of the questionnaires.
This programme was supervised by Professor. S. Raguram, Head, Media Studies with the facilitation of the Department staff and, Mr. A.C. Raheem, Senior Programme Officer, Ms. Nidarshana Selladurai, Programme Officer and Mr. A. Kodeshwaran, Coordinator from Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) have participated as resource persons.
