TIJUANA.- With the purpose of promoting physical activity and sports as a habit of integral health, the City of Tijuana will have a race next March 28th called "Corre y Lucha Contra Las Adicciones" (Run and Fight Addictions), organized by the City's Institute Against Addictions (Imcad) in order to benefit the residents of the Rehabilitation and Social Addict Reintegration Therapeutic Community (Cotrrsa).

During a press conference, Imcad's Director, Marlon Tapia Valdez, pointed out that the event's main purpose is to push the citizens towards exercise as a way of preventing any type of addiction, given that physical activity works as a factor that fights against the decision of consuming substances such as alcohol, tobacco or drugs.

"Unfortunately, this subject has a multifactorial character; matters such as violence, an emotional state, dropping out of school among other are involved, all of these have to do with the person's choice to take a path towards addiction. This is why we have identified protection points for this illness, one of great importance and efficiency is sports," said the official.

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The 'Corre y Lucha Contra las Adicciones' race will take place next Saturday, March 28th at 8:00 a.m., starting and finishing at Unidad Deportiva CREA, with a 5km tour that will go through the Cuauhtémoc bridge in Zona Río, Vía Rápida Poniente and CREA's facilities.

For those interested in participating in the race, registry consists in delivering non-perishable foods, which will be donate to the patients of Cotrrsa.

Registry will take place at the Imcad offices, located at Vía Rápida Poniente, 12693, colonia 20 de Noviembre, right beside the Municipal Detention Facility (EMI).

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