{"id":29496,"date":"2026-04-20T19:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29496"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:12:23","slug":"canu-to-launch-online-educational-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/canu-to-launch-online-educational-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"CANU to launch online educational platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-aimed at combating drug use among teens <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>-by Kimberly Giddings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit is stepping up its fight against drug abuse with a new\u00a0digital push aimed at educating the public.\u00a0The agency is set to launch an online platform, &#8220;The Truth About Drugs&#8221;, giving citizens direct\u00a0access to critical information on the dangers and effects of narcotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CANU, through its Guyana Drug Information Network unit, will be launching its online&nbsp;drug sensitisation platform by May 1.&nbsp;In an exclusive interview with NCN News, Kurt Richards, the head of the unit, explained&nbsp;that the platform is designed to support not only students, but also teachers and parents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users will be able to access books such as &#8220;The Truth About Cannabis&#8221;, &#8220;The Truth About\u00a0Tobacco&#8221; and educational materials on the dangers of vaping, drug trafficking and substance abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The platform will also feature real-life scenarios.&nbsp;It shows you all the different types of drugs and ways in which the teens might attempt to&nbsp;conceal these drugs from you.&nbsp;So as a parent, now, you have the tools to know what these drugs look like and you&#8217;ll&nbsp;know if your child is trying to deceive you,&#8221; he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Richards, the initiative will be a valuable guide for educators and parents&nbsp;as they try to combat negative influences on young, impressionable minds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are working hard.&nbsp;We know that we may not achieve 100 per cent, but let&#8217;s try to see how many young people we&nbsp;could have forgetting about drug use, not thinking about that at all, knowing that you&nbsp;could enjoy life without getting high,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the launch of the platform is just one of several initiatives by the Customs&nbsp;Anti-Narcotic Unit.&nbsp;Already, the unit is actively engaged in other anti-drug efforts with many more to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-aimed at combating drug use among teens -by Kimberly Giddings The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit is stepping up its fight against drug abuse with a new\u00a0digital push aimed at educating the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467,350],"tags":[488,500,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-29496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-security","category-news","tag-488","tag-canu","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29501,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29496\/revisions\/29501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}