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Mass awareness against drug abuse stressed
international Day against drug abuse and illicit traffick Ing was observed throughout the country as elsewhere in the world yesterday, reports UNB.
Different social organtsa tlons chalked out elaborate programmes to create mass awareness about the adverse effects of drug abuse and ad diction.
Acting President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed ex pressed his grave concern at the alarming rise in drug ad diction.
In a message on the occasion. the Acting President said the alarming spread of selfde structing drug addiction is now a matter of grave global concern.
He also said extensive anti-drug activities in our society and at regional and International levels are indlspensible for the success of tins movement.
'Spread of drugs must be stopped once for all'. Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia said In a message
Foreign Minister ASM Mustafizur Rahman speaking as chief guest at a seminar on the problem at United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) here, sought cooperation from all conscious citizens In combating the menace.
He said, this has also started assuming political implications in some countries.
Bangladesh Anti-drug Federation of NGOs (BAF) observed the International Anti-drug day today with a call to free the society from drug menace
To mark the day. BAF brought out a procession from Shishu Park at Shahabag and dispersed near Jatiya Press Club
State Minister for Information Nurul Huda. Khurshida Jahan MP. Prof Muniruzzaman Mia. Vtce-Chuncellor of the Dhaka University and BAF President M A Jalil attended the proces-sion
Speakers at the Press Club urged the youths to face the challenge posed by drugs
Drugs destroy destiny, they observed and called for collective efforts tn combating the vices created by drug users and traffickers
BAF also held a seminar on anti-drug at the Jatiya Press Club. It was addressed by Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Mirza Golam Hafiz and Khurshld Jahan. MP.
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