Combating drug trafficking underscored

RAJSHAHI: Political and social commitment has become an urgent need to combat illicit trafficking of drugs along with its trading and abusing to protect people and the young generation in particular, speakers at a post-human-chain discussion here said yesterday, reports BSS.
They said 80 per cent of the drug addicts are the age group of 15 to 30 in the country. So, there is no alternative to adopt measures of anti- smuggling of drugs. At present the injecting drug users were creating grave concern among the government and non-government organisations and these people were in high HIV/AIDS risk.
The observation came at a meeting held at Nanking Dabar hall in observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking- 2016.
District Administration and Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) jointly organised the programme discussing ways and means on how to free the city from the curse of abusing of drugs.
“Our Live Our Communities without Drugs” was the main theme of the day.
Commissioner of Rajshahi division Abdul Hannan addressed the discussion as chief guest with Deputy Commissioner Kazi Ashraf Uddin in the chair.
Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Shafiqul Islam, Superintendent of Police Nisharul Arif, Deputy Director of Department of Secondary and Higher Education Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury and Additional Director of DNC Mojibur Rahman Patwari also spoke as special guests.
During his keynote presentation, Lutfor Rahman, Deputy Director of DNC, said maladjustment, rising crime, health hazards, murder and suicide are the major consequences of abusing of drugs like heroin, phensidyle, ganja, pathedine and tranquilisers.
He said the law enforcing agencies alone isn’t capable to combat the social disease but community participation coupled with family and social contribution is very important to this end. It was very alarming that at present drug addiction had become widespread irrespective of educated and illiterate, rich and poor, teachers and students.
The chief guest said forging social resistance has become indispensable to uproot the crime as it’s being adjudged as a grave concern in the society.
He called for arranging trilateral meeting between Bangladesh, India and Myanmar so that drugs from India and Myanmar don’t enter Bangladesh as our country isn’t producer of drugs but being used as consumer as a whole.
Abdul Hannan added that drugs - free society must be built at any cost to protect people particularly the young generation from deadly aggression of the drugs.
He urged the community people to extend their wholehearted cooperation towards law enforcing agencies with authentic information about the drugs traders and traffickers so that they could be brought to book.

Combating drug trafficking underscored

RAJSHAHI: Political and social commitment has become an urgent need to combat illicit trafficking of drugs along with its trading and abusing to protect people and the young generation in particular, speakers at a post-human-chain discussion here said yesterday, reports BSS. They said 80 per cent of the drug addicts are the age group of 15 to 30 in the country. So, there is no alternative to adopt measures of anti- smuggling of drugs. At present the injecting drug users were creating grave concern among the government and non-government organisations and these people were in high HIV/AIDS risk. The observation came at a meeting held at Nanking Dabar hall in observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking- 2016. District Administration and Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) jointly organised the programme discussing ways and means on how to free the city from the curse of abusing of drugs. Our Live Our Communities without Drugs was the main theme of the day. Commissioner of Rajshahi division Abdul Hannan addressed the discussion as chief guest with Deputy Commissioner Kazi Ashraf Uddin in the chair. Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Shafiqul Islam, Superintendent of Police Nisharul Arif, Deputy Director of Department of Secondary and Higher Education Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury and Additional Director of DNC Mojibur Rahman Patwari also spoke as special guests. During his keynote presentation, Lutfor Rahman, Deputy Director of DNC, said maladjustment, rising crime, health hazards, murder and suicide are the major consequences of abusing of drugs like heroin, phensidyle, ganja, pathedine and tranquilisers. He said the law enforcing agencies alone isnt capable to combat the social disease but community participation coupled with family and social contribution is very important to this end. It was very alarming that at present drug addiction had become widespread irrespective of educated and illiterate, rich and poor, teachers and students. The chief guest said forging social resistance has become indispensable to uproot the crime as its being adjudged as a grave concern in the society. He called for arranging trilateral meeting between Bangladesh, India and Myanmar so that drugs from India and Myanmar dont enter Bangladesh as our country isnt producer of drugs but being used as consumer as a whole. Abdul Hannan added that drugs - free society must be built at any cost to protect people particularly the young generation from deadly aggression of the drugs. He urged the community people to extend their wholehearted cooperation towards law enforcing agencies with authentic information about the drugs traders and traffickers so that they could be brought to book.