The campaign against drug abuse is going on in the entire country, especially to save the youth from this, awareness programmes are being run on a large scale. But even after this, to rescue the people who are seriously trapped in the clutches of drugs, the Centre is now preparing to launch a new campaign to identify them in about 400 districts of the country.

People trapped in the clutches of drug addiction will be identified by the beginning of 2025

There is a plan to include at least one-third of the districts of each state in these. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has held several rounds of meetings with Delhi AIIMS. It is believed that this campaign to identify people trapped in the clutches of drug addiction will start at the beginning of the new year i.e. 2025.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has taken this initiative at a time when, after a similar survey conducted by it in 2019 in 272 districts of the country, it had got great success in saving people seriously suffering from drug addiction.

Seven crore people are seriously suffering from drug addiction

The ministry claims that about seven crore people were found to be seriously suffering from drug addiction. After this, in the campaign launched in 2020-21 to save them from serious drug addiction, it has been claimed that 27 lakh people have been rescued so far.

The ministry claims that the rest of the people who are seriously addicted to drugs are also under their surveillance. Work is being done on them. At present, the ministry, encouraged by this initiative, has now planned a fresh survey in four hundred districts of the country to identify the people seriously addicted to drugs. These will include districts of all states and union territories.

660 de-addiction and rehabilitation centres across the country

According to top officials of the ministry, the decision to speed up this initiative has also been taken because now 660 de-addiction and rehabilitation centers have been opened across the country. In the districts where such centers are not there, there are plans to open such centers soon in collaboration with voluntary organizations. Geo tagging of all these centers has also been done so that people can easily reach these centers. Along with this, its treatment centers have also been opened at all health centers with the help of state governments.