Drug Abuse Prevention, AMU

31/03/2019

Neha Shoree, a known activist is shot dead for serving the country by her fight against unregulated sales of drugs.

Neha Shoree, daughter of 1971-war veteran Capt. Kailash Kumar Shoree (retd), was shot dead by Balwinder Singh of Morinda, whose drugs licence she had cancelled back in 2009.

26/03/2019

Drug Abuse Prevention Programme, AMU Girls School on 29.01.19.

08/03/2019

Drug Abuse Awareness Programme

08/03/2019

Iqra Public School

07/03/2019

1. Record levels of cannabis herb seized in Bangladesh and India during 2017.

2. Cannabis and opioids are produced and smuggled regularly from and through India.

3. Codeine based syrups are trafficked in very high amounts through India and Bangladesh.

Some of the many important findings of the INCB Report 2018 (Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2018).

https://www.incb.org/incb/en/publications/annual-reports/annual-report-2018.html

https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2018/Annual_Report_Chapters/05_Chapter_III_Annual_Report_2018_E_.pdf

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Web Site

06/03/2019

Latest from Down to Earth,
"From age-old cannabis to newer synthetic opioids like tramadol, and designer drugs like methamphetamine, India is one of the major hubs for illicit drug trade, said the 2018 annual report by United Nations-backed International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)."

Report flags surge in sale and seizures of synthetic opioids, narcotic and designer drugs

06/03/2019

A 2016 video report from Aligarh on how drugs are making a deadway in UP. Imagine a lady losing her husband aged 24 years to smack, bhaang and injectable drugs of abuse. With three surviving children, clearly the social toll is higher than one death.

There are tell tale signs that injecting drug use has crept into cities and villages of Uttar Pradesh.

06/03/2019

Drug Abuse Prevention Programme, AMU City School on 21.01.19.

02/03/2019

Having lost the battle against regulation in the west, the industry is desperate to prevent Bangladesh from imposing sensible taxes says Golam Mohiuddin Faruque, of the Bangladesh Cancer Society

01/03/2019

Drug Abuse Prevention Programme @ JN Medical College & ZA Dental College

28/02/2019

1st Drug Abuse Prevention Programme STS High School (Minto Circle), AMU on 17.01.2019 under NAPDDR.

27/02/2019

"Terminally ill patients, predominantly in the Global South, are dying in pain due to repressive drug policies," emphasising the need for a better regulated environment for drug abuse.

How the so-called ‘war of drugs’ leaves patients dying in pain.