Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 26

An awareness drive on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was organised by the Youth Morcha, Jalandhar, along with Jalandhar Police Commissionerate. This drive was conducted in the Model Town market on Friday.

The event saw the presence of Youth Morcha President Gagandeep Dhatt, Vikram Dhiman, Manbir Singh, Prabhjot khalsa and Rajeev Duggal along with Harinder Singh Gill, ACP, and Model Town Inspector Surjit Singh along with other police officials.

Members highlighted several causes that push the younger generations to hook on to drugs. He added that the drug demand reduction programmes should not emphasise on stigmatising addicts, but it should rather focus on trying to educate people, particularly school and college students.