The Bashkir State Drug Control Service signed a cooperation agreement with the Ufa diocese and the Central Spiritual Educational Inspectorate

On April 12, an agreement on cooperation was signed between the Ufa diocese and the republican State Drug Control Service. The parties intend to jointly fight the drug threat. The document provides for work with parishioners of Orthodox churches, lecturing in educational institutions. It is planned to carry out work on the rehabilitation of drug addicts in special camps, where priests and doctors will work together.

On February 17, a similar agreement was signed with the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims.

Sources

• The head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Bashkiria will help drug control // IA REGNUM. 2006. April 12.