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PHL Embassy in Thailand celebrates Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week

The Philippine Embassy in Thailand is joining the Filipino people in celebrating the annual Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week (DAPC Week) on November 15-21, 2015, said in a statement posted on the Embassy’s Facebook page.

The theme for this year’s celebration is “Let’s develop our lives, our communities, and our identity without drugs.”

By virtue of Proclamation No. 124 signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in November 2001, Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week is celebrated every third week of November.

Below is the statement posted on the Embassy’s Facebook page:

The Philippine Embassy joins the Filipino nation in celebrating the annual “Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week (DAPC Week)” on 15-21 November 2015.

As one of the partner agencies of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), the Department of Foreign Affairs enjoins all Filipinos to disseminate this information and to heed this year’s theme of “Let’s develop our lives, our communities, and our identity without drugs.”