Preventive Activities to Prevent Addiction Among Young People and Peer Violence

Yesterday (16 October 2026), at the Municipal Secondary General and Medical School in the village of Negotino, in the Gostivar region, the Tetovo Sector for Internal Affairs launched the preventive project “Prevention of Drug, Alcohol and Cigarette Abuse”, aimed at first-year students in all secondary schools in the Tetovo and Gostivar areas.
The main objective of the project is to raise young people's awareness of the harmful effects of psychoactive substances, encourage healthy lifestyles and reduce the risk of minors coming into contact with drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The project also includes working meetings with officials responsible for education in all local self-government units, educational sessions for first-year secondary school students, and measures to improve overall public safety and reduce crime and disturbances of public order and peace.
On 16 October 2026, police officers from the Kavadarci Police Department delivered an educational lecture at “Strašo Pinđur” Primary School in Kavadarci for eighth- and ninth-grade students on protection against peer violence and cyberbullying.
The students were introduced to different forms of violent behaviour, the ways in which these negative phenomena manifest themselves, and the possible consequences. They were also informed about methods and measures for the timely prevention of and response to such behaviour among young people.