Rehab programme for addicts

LAHOREExcise and Taxation Department would start rehab programme for drug addicts, who were using drugs in parks, footpath and grounds in the provincial metropolis. Excise and Taxation Lahore and Drug Advisory Training Hub (DATH), a project of Youth Council for Anti Narcotics (YOCFAN), jointly organised a briefing programme at Drug

By our correspondents
April 10, 2015
LAHORE
Excise and Taxation Department would start rehab programme for drug addicts, who were using drugs in parks, footpath and grounds in the provincial metropolis.
Excise and Taxation Lahore and Drug Advisory Training Hub (DATH), a project of Youth Council for Anti Narcotics (YOCFAN), jointly organised a briefing programme at Drug Advisory Training Hub. Anjum Latif, ETO, Lahore, chaired the briefing.
Consultant, Anti Drugs/Narcotics Campaign, Syed Zulfiqar Hussain said in his briefing that Lahore Old city is a hub of Injection Drug User. Chuburgi Park, Ali Park, Data Darbar area, Lori Adda, Royal Park, Ravi Road, Lohari Gate, Bhatti Gate, Nasar Bag, Shah-re-Fatimah Jinnah, Railway Station, Nisbat Road, Lakshami Chowk and Band Road are major places of addicts. Syed Zulfiqar Hussain said thousands of drug addicts are found using hard and soft drugs in public places like gardens, footpaths and parks in different areas of the city.
Anjum Latif, ETO, said the government would start rehab programme for hard and soft drug addicts.