Abdel Aziz said that it is illogical to test school bus drivers for drugs without testing students as well.Over the course of the last three years, the Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction (FDCTA), a subsidiary of the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity, executed random drug testing campaigns on school bus drivers.The campaigns aimed to test 4,000 school bus drivers during the 2016/2017 school year. "Salah’s anti-drugs campaign in 2017 has increased the number of 'consultation and treatment for drugs' calls by five times," Wali said in June. "The number of daily calls to the hotline reached approximately 500 calls, aiming at seeking consultation and treatment for drugs. Previously, the hotline had received 100 to 150 calls per day," Wali explained.In 2016, youth-beloved actor Mohamed Ramadan participated in a campaign sponsored by the ministry. In the advertisement, Ramadan reviews the future of a person, reportedly his friend, who could not resist drugs, and how drugs stopped him from achieving his dreams.

Source: Egypt Today April 12, 2018 16:30 UTC