activities of violent extremist and terrorists are widely known to be failed by unlimited access to hard drugs and illicit substances used by non-state actors to perpetrate their Terror attacks the office of the National Security advisor National counterterrorism Center on Thursday sought a more stronger collaboration with the national Agency for Food and Drug Administration and control navd a regulatory body with a signing of a memorandum of understanding aimed at combating violent extremism and crime theou according to the office of the NAC will seek to disrupt illicit networks and financing sources which have been a major factor aiding the flow of drugs to the reach of terrorists this memorandum of understanding represents a commitment to Shared goals Mutual support and effective cooperation it signifies our dedication to leveraging our respective expertise resources and capabilities to strengthen our response to terrorism for her part the navd director General said the with the counterterrorism center will help prevent young persons from going into substance abuse which has negative impact on the Mind drug abuse or substance abuse alter Minds I usually say the mind is a terrible thing to waste so we are doing a lot through this signing we are going to do far more in the future because of cooperation between navd and the counterterrorism center it is hope that the mou signed today will go beyond the normal formalities and will ensure that all parties involved work towards ensuring a heart in the access to illicit networks of drugs to naive youths and nonstate actors John TAA ITV News