The Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit at the Department of Computer Science organizes a workshop on the scourge of drugs and the phenomenon of addiction and its impact on young people

Under the supervision of the Head of the Department of Computer Science, Prof. Dr.. Alaa Kazem Farhan, and within the activities of the Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit, the Guidance Committee of the Artificial Intelligence Branch organized a workshop on the scourge of drugs and the phenomenon of addiction and its impact on young people on Monday, 2025/2/17, in the hall of the late Dr. Imad Kazem for the lecturer Suhad Malallah Kazem in the presence of the head of the Department of Computer Science, Dr. Dina Kazem, and the Director of Scientific Affairs and Cultural Relations in the department, Dr. Anmar Ali. Head of the Artificial Intelligence Branch, Dr. Dina Kazem, Director of Scientific Affairs and Cultural Relations in the department, Dr. Anmar Ali, and members of the educational guidance committees. The workshop aims to introduce drugs as harmful substances that affect the human body and mental health and cause hallucinations and increase the risk of suicide.
The lecture explained the reasons for drug use, such as escape from reality, psychological pressures, bad friends, methods of prevention of drug abuse and how to diagnose the addict, and called on young people to be careful and not to take medicines indiscriminately, encourage the involvement of young people in sports activities and the need for parents to monitor their children.

At the end, the lecturer was awarded a certificate of appreciation for her efforts to deliver the lecture.