Substance abuse is increasingly showing the rise in Turkiye continues to threaten society. The fact that the use of substances, which become increasingly common in the society, reaches to very young ages also reveals the dimension of danger. Drug use is particularly widespread in the suburbs.

The drug traffickers, who are commonly called as 'corner dealer', target young people, who are in the spiritual gap. The young people falling into the trap of drug-disease are getting more and more into the swamp with new friends around.

Representatives of Van NGOs, who spoke ILKHA's correspondent on the subject, showed the mosques as addresses to those who wanted to get rid of drugs.

Urartu Development Civil Society and Dialogue Association President Mehmet Nuri Kıpçak, Mehmet Emin Akan, President of the Van Branch of Imam Hatip Schools (ÖNDER), Hüseyin Celik,  Imam Hatip Anatolian High School Manager Mehmet Sıddık Baykara stated that educators and Islamic communities, especially mosque officials should work against the substance. (ILKHA)