Combined Efforts Needed To Curb Menace Of Narcotics: Dr. Rubaba
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published June 26, 2022 | 05:50 PM
QUETTA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Jun, 2022 ) :Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Parliamentary Affairs of Balochistan Assembly Dr. Rubaba Khan Buledi on Sunday said that the poison of drugs was licking our society like termites, while can be countered by collective measures so that the menace of narcotics does not spread, while protecting the youths of our society.
She said this in a message issued here on the occasion of World Drug Day.
She said that according to a UN report, more than 7.6 million people in Pakistan were addicted to drugs while in Balochistan the number is around 0.3 million, also saying that counter-narcotics measures and legislation in the country needed to be made more effective.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary Dr. Rababa Khan Buledi said that 350 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 worldwide were addicted to some form of drugs among them, as the rate of drug addicts was 7%.
"Our youth often adopt deadly habits like drugs due to social reactions and lack of guidance.
The young generation addicted to drugs, alcohol, gambling and other addictions were damaging their lives and also creating many problems for their families," she held.
Dr. Rubaba Khan Baledi said that Pakistani authorities, 24 agencies including ANF, Customs and Excise were active in drug rehabilitation and 60% of the drugs seized in Pakistan was due to the efforts made by the anti-narcotics forces.
She said that according to a UN, out of 7.6 million drug users in Pakistan, 78 percent were men and 22 percent women.
Dr. Rababa Khan Buledi said that eradication of drugs stands out to be a challenge which the entire society has to fight together for its elimination.
She said the Balochistan government would take step to build latest department for rehabilitation of drug addicted persons with the aim to prevent curse of narcotics in the area.
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