Thursday, December 6, 2012

Least concern of the Government on the problem of Narcotics & Psychotropic Substances

Every society is grappled by the abuse of drugs resulting into crippling the family members of the abusers. I was talking to a Director Family Welfare of a State Government. I was astonished that there has been no training on the subject and no person at state level designated for rehabilitation of drug addicts. The NGOs working for the cause are the victims of bureaucracy and corruption. The economic loss caused by drug addiction is much more than any single disease in India but negligible attention on the issue.

It appears the priorities in health services are decided by business motives, The disease like TB, Leprosy, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and similar diseases requiring huge treatment costs and promoting big business are of higher priority.

Where are be leading?

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