Drug Abuse: Police Target Colleges to Prevent Drug Abuse in Vulnerable Age Group

Police target colleges to prevent drug abuse in vulnerable age group
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Mumbai, Oct. 7 — With the rapid increase in the number of drug consumers in the age bracket of 17 to 21 years, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai crime branch has decided to organising awareness seminars in colleges about the use and abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Also, ANC officials near college premises will constantly gather information about peddlers in the …
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Prescription drug abuse tide could be turning
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Officials are optimistic that the tide is turning in the battle against prescription drug abuse, even as much change regarding addiction and prescribing habits has not materialized.
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Prescription drug abuse is down, perhaps thanks to drug collection efforts
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Prescription drug abuse in the United States dropped last year to its lowest rate since 2002, according to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, particularly among young adults.
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euronews cinema – Plan B releases ‘rap musical’

www.euronews.com The directorial debut of musician and actor, Plan B has been released. The film is an eye opening portrait of crime on the streets of Britain, and depicts prostitution, drug abuse, violence and gang culture. ‘Ill Manors’ traces the origins of the problems these people find themselves in. Plan B whose real name is Ben Drew wrote the film based partly on his own life experience, growing up on a London estate. He says that the film is an accurate depiction of life in some areas of the capital: “If you watch this film and you really feel something when you watch it and you feel something for the characters and enough people are telling you ‘this is quite an accurate portrayal of what goes on’ and hopefully that is going to make people want to change the problem. The biggest thing we have to deal with in this country is that the majority of the people that live in this country don’t believe that world exists and these things go on and I think the more that we can force the issue on the people that don’t believe it is going on, the better.” The film features Riz Ahmed, known for his part in another British flick, ‘four lions’ As a musician and MC himself he says he sees a bright future for Drew as a film director: “I thought he was fantastic. I think he will go and do more and more films. I think he’s really an actors director as well because he acted himself and you know he’s a natural story teller everyone will know that from his music. He’s a perfectionist …