1. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-DRUGS COUCIL
MARIE BUNWAREE BA
NATIONAL DIRECTOR

2. DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAMME EU Funded – NAR Executed

3. Main focal areas of the DDR Programme are
Capacity building on DDR on the N. A. R.
Monitoring and research (SURENDU & coordination/ commissioning of studies, such as the CICAD studies)
Capacity building in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of alcohol and drug abuse
GREEN Zone ( primary Prevention)
YELLOW Zone ( secondary “)
RED Zone ( tertiary “ )

4. ESTABLISHING of the Suriname Epidemiological Network on Drug Use
( SURENDU )
OKT 2004 ( GO/ NGO, Drugs treatment centres, University of Sur. Emergency room etc.)
Primary data sources: Treatment centres, psychiatric units and judicial data; Secondary sources: Maxilinder, youth prison, etc.
1st feedback meeting ( feb. 2005)
2nd feedback meeting ( june 2005)

5. RAPID Situation Assessment ( 2005)
Recommendations from SURENDU network and RSA study reminds us that actions speaks louder than words.
The challenges for us in Suriname is to focus on:
Our children (parents to set a good example)
Parents to received drug education
Activities for boys
Focus on people from the interior – creating a culture of seeking assistance and for them to consider alcohol and marihuana to be destructive substances – socially, spiritually, and physically, and to remind them that the liver or lungs lasts longer than the job or the wife!

6. Thank you!