Civil Society Forum Kashmir Wednesday demanded that government should take measures against rising Heroine addiction among people in valley, failing which can prove disaster for existing and coming generations.
“Herion is being supplied through a organized nexus in J&K State, but no concrete steps are being taken by state government to control this problem,” CSFK said in a statement issued to press.
CSFK also said that ‘thousands of drug addicts are using other form of addiction like corex, fevicol, tablets ,shoe polish ,solvents .
“UNODCP report 2008 reported 70 000 drug addicts in Kashmir valley (J&K state), since then 9 years have apaased without any concrete measures taken by any government so one can imagine the alarming number and senerio of addicts in J&K state by now,” CSFK said.
According to doctors and experts, CSFK noted, addicts are mainly between 17 to 37 years of age however cases have been found as young as 9 years old and both genders including teenage girls and boys, educated and illiterate, working and non-working people have been found addicted to drugs in J&K state, thus most productive age group of any society is being damaged.
CSFK has appealed to government to set up a cluster of deparments (heath department, education department, excise department, agricultural department, sports department supported by J&K police to control Drug addiction in a organized manner.
“CSFK appeals Honourable Chief Minister, Health Minister.Education Minister & other officials of the state to immediately take measures to curb this problem before it is too late,” reads the statement
