One of the greatest challenges that confronts the youth pop­ulation in the country today is the abuse of drugs and oth­er substances. Theproblemof drugtraffickingand abuseinthecountryispandemicandat an alarming proportion. The corrosive effect of both the trafficking and con­sumption in our society today is such thatacosmetic, peripheralorhaphazard approachtofightingthisscourgewould only amount to a waste of time and re­sources. […]