Chandigarh October – In a bid to effectively check the menace of drug-addiction in the State, the Punjab government has constituted a ten-member Punjab Drug Prevention Board under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Punjab government said that the other members of the Board would comprise; Principal Secretary Social Security and Women & Child Development, Principal Secretary Home and Justice, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Principal Secretary Youth Services, Principal Secretary Medical Education and Research, Principal Secretary Higher Education, Additional Director General of Police (crime) , Excise and Taxation Commissioner besides the Director Social Security and Child Development as Member Secretary.
Outlining the objectives of the newly set up Board, the spokesperson said that it would initiate concerted efforts to prevent the supply of drugs, treat and rehabilitate the drug- addicts, launch anti drug addiction awareness programmes. Apart from these, the Board would also chalk out a comprehensive state action plan to control drug addiction efficaciously.
