The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the supreme coordinating body in the field of licit and illicit addictive substances and pathological gambling in Cyprus, and, since November 2017, has been the successor of the Cyprus Anti-Drugs Council (2000).
The NAAC is divided into two departments, the Policy Department and the Monitoring Department / National Documentation and Monitoring Centre for Drugs, and has the following responsibilities:
The importance of the role taken up by the NAAC is made evident by the existence and establishment of the National Committee, which is convened by the President of the Republic of Cyprus(who is also its chairman), and consists of the Ministers of Health, Internal Affairs, Justice and Public Order, Education and Culture, Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, Defense and Finance.
Newsletter 'WHO WE ARE' and in Greek "ΠΟΙΟΙ ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ" by the Cyprus National Addictions Authority.