Rajshahi divisional commissioner GSM Zafarullah speaks at a at a post-rally discussion held at Nanking Darbar hall in observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking-2022 in Rajshahi on Sunday. -Collected
United efforts of all the government, non-government and volunteer organizations concerned has become an urgent need for mitigating the abuse of drugs along with its illicit trafficking and trading.Around 80 percent of the drug addicts are of the age group of 15 to 30 in the region. So, there is no alternative to concerted efforts against drug abuse to protect the young generation from degradation.
The observation came at a post-rally discussion held at Nanking Darbar hall in observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking-2022 in Rajshahi on Sunday.The District Administration and Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) jointly organized the program discussing ways and means on how to free the city from the curse of abusing drugs.
Rajshahi divisional commissioner GSM Zafarullah and Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Abu Kalam Siddique addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively, while Deputy Commissioner Abdul Jalil was in the chair. Superintendent of Police Masud Hossain, Civil Surgeon Dr Abu Sayeed Faruque and DNC Additional Director Fazlur Rahman also spoke. DNC Deputy Director Alamgir Hossain welcomed the participants.
Commissioner Zafarullah said the law enforcing agencies alone are not capable of combating the social disease, but community participation coupled with family and social contribution is very important to this end. Forging social resistance has become indispensable to uproot the crime as it's being judged as a grave concern in the society. He added that all the local government institutions side by side with the public and private bodies should come forward and work together to attain the cherished result in this regard as the drug-abusing situation is gradually aggravating. He said the present government has a declaration of zero tolerance against drug-addiction and urged all quarters to come forward to protect the young generation from the grip of social crime.
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