International Illicit Drug Day Against Drug Abuse
and Trafficking
Dr. Arvind Kumar, President,
India Water Foundation invited as a Special Guest on”International Illicit Drug Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking "
at India Gate on 26th June 2012, where he shared his views along with hon'ble
Minister Prof. Kiran Walia, Delhi Government high officials of NCB and Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment, activists and academicians, media
persons and other organisations. He expressed his views before the huge
gathering of school children, RWAs Senior Citizens and urged them to stop
the menace of drug abuse.
"According
to broad estimates, more than 7 million people die annually due to drugs, the
breakdown being 5 million (tobacco), 1.8 million (alcohol) and 0.2 million due
to illicit drugs (with opiates being involved in about 60% of such illicit drug
deaths). False notions of ecstasy, phantasy and illusion spur the youth to get
ensnared into drug abuse. Civil society and other non-state actors like
media, psychologists, students, women, senior citizens etc should come forward
to sensitize the issue of drug abuse through inter-personal meetings and social
networking. The myth about drug usage as a kind of status symbol in high
society should be exploded as a ploy to carry on the illicit trade in drug
trafficking by the vested interests. Such efforts need condemnation in
stringent terms by almost all segments of the society. Free and cheap treatment
to drug addicts, including good counseling should be made available in all Rehabilitation
Centers in major cities. In order to rehabilitate the reformed ex-drug-addicts,
entrepreneurial skills should be imparted to them to become self-reliant and
thereby join the national mainstream as good citizens. There is a need for
convergence and coordination between different agencies to come at a single
platform to fight this social stigma. And a dire needs to encourage
capacity-building of the young people and persuade them to participate in yoga,
sports, entrepreneurship, and social encouragement etc. In this regard, senior
citizens can also play a vital role. Saving the society from the menace of drug
abuse is not the sole responsibility of narcotics enforcement authorities.
Other stake holders like families, schools, civil society and religious
organizations can play their part to rid their communities of drugs. Businesses
can help provide legitimate livelihoods and the media can raise awareness about
the dangers of narcotics. Illicit drug-trafficking poses a serious
non-military threat to the security of many developing societies in terms of
enmeshing the youth under its tenterhooks thereby eating into the vitals of
social unity and harmony."
#Secuirty #Business #youngPeople #Drugs #Narcotics #Convergence #Stigma #Threat
#Secuirty #Business #youngPeople #Drugs #Narcotics #Convergence #Stigma #Threat
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