“Women especially mothers can play an effective role in discouraging use of hard and soft drugs among the youth,” said anti drugs/narcotic consultant Syed Zulfiqar Hussain while addressing a training workshop on drug abuse prevention at the Girls Guide House Lahore on Sunday.
The workshop organised by the Youth Council for Anti-Narcotics and Pakistan Girls Guide Association, Punjab was chaired by Mrs Nafisa Sikandar Malhi, Provincial Commissioner, while Tasleem Shuja, manager Atlas Honda, was the chief guest.
Psycholist Muhammad Nazif and Malik Javed also spoke on the ocassion. Zulfiqar Hussain said that they were establishing a drug abuse information and counseling centre in Lahore where they will provide training programmes, counseling for drug addicts and their families, an internship programme for the youth on drug abuse; and coordinate and help law enforcement agencies to reduce the level of drug addiction in society.
He said that a campaign was also being launched against addicts using and peddling drugs in parks, gardens and footpaths in the city, and thanked DCO Lahore Noorul Amin Mengal for establishing the District Crimes and Anti Narcotics Unit.