Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 23: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today warned society of alarming rise in drug and alcohol abuse especially among youth appealing parents, social organisations, teachers and religious leaders to rise against the menace.
President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said over the years Kashmir has witnessed a considerable rise in drug abuse cases as youth are taking drugs due to its easy availability, accessibility and affordability due to its huge local production.
“We as society, parents, social organisations, teachers and religious clerks should rise against the same and help in educating youth about the ill effects of the drug addiction,” he said.
DAK said J&K has witnessed a steep rise in substance abuse cases over the past two decades saying that the drugs go to places where there is even no public transport.
Naik said that said both alcohol and drugs are deleterious for both mental and physical health and become long term social evil.
“When people lose their mental balance, they don’t difference between right and wrong. There is a huge loss to family monetarily and socially,” he said.
Both drugs and alcohol makes a person liable to several kinds of infections and diseases like HIV hepatitis B and C through syringes in Iv drug abusers.
“Diseases like fatty liver, cirrhosis, cardiac ailments, encephalopathy, accidents, blood borne ugly infections are very common among alcohol users,” he said.
The doctors body said that traffic police and other departments deputed on roads and highways should be equipped with instruments to check alcohol abuse by drivers.
The DAK president said that people who are involved in trade of drugs make huge money out of it and they have destroyed almost one generation of youth.
The doctors body said that last year, State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) had come up with a study in which they had studied 100 drug abusers in twin drug de-addiction centre in Srinagar.
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