The National Drug Abuse Prevention Unit seeks to empower communities to deal with drug problems by:
- Training of community leaders
- Encourage youth advocacy on anti-drug issues
- Continued involvement of out-of-school youth in anti-drug activities
- Facilitating groups in implementing community based programmes
- Implementing alternative programmes to drug activities – drama, sports, education, economic
- Conducting training workshops and camps
- Building networks among anti-drug and other community based groups
- Promoting public awareness campaigns
- Conducting prison drug education program
- Conducting program targeting specialized populations including youth at-risk, prison, indigenous populations and women (to include pregnant women)