On November 17, 2023, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Biophysics, Biomedicine and Neuroscience Yessenbekova A.Y. gave a lecture to the 3rd year students of the specialty 6B05108-Biomedicine on the topic “Prevention of addiction from psychoactive substances and gambling” within the framework of 3 SDGs with the aim of ensuring a healthy lifestyle and promoting well-being for everyone at any age.

Currently, addiction to psychoactive substances and gambling is a pressing problem. The lecture aims to form and educate students about the mechanisms, causes and methods of prevention of gambling and drug addiction. In addition to the lecture, students analyzed the domestic TV series "Sheker" as well as the book "Requiem for a Dream" by Hubert Selby and "Junkie" by William Burroughs.

As an additional assignment, they prepared a scene on the theme “The Drug Addiction Trial”. The purpose of the manifestation is to prevent people from using alcohol and drugs, to form a desire to gain knowledge on this issue, to observe their actions and predict their results.