City Desk :
Concerted efforts of the government and non-government organizations concerned has become crucial to free the society from abuse of drugs through creating mass-awareness on the issue.
Inclusion of anti-drug topics in training modules of the public institutions can be the effective means of creating mass-awareness against drug abuse to save people, particularly the youths, from drug-addiction.
Social watchdogs and development activists came up with the observation while addressing an advocacy meeting with GOB training providing agencies at Sicily Restaurant in Natore town recently.
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) hosted the meeting under the ‘Drug Abuse Resistance and Understanding (DARAU)’ project being implemented with joint partnership of Light House Consortium.
Counterpart International has been implementing the project in Rajshahi and Natore districts under the ‘Promoting Advocacy and Rights (PAR)’ programme with financial support of USAID and FCDO.