Young India Network for Good Health

“DRUG – FREE” FAMILIES IS THE WAY TO ENSURE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN TO BE PROTECTED FROM ILLICIT DRUGS (ie NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES)”. (What ASEAN, intergovernmental commissions/agencies, governmental bodies (GOs) and NGOs have done to ensure drug - free family, community, work place, schools, environment, nations) by DATIN MASNI MOHD ALI President of “BASMIDA” (national anti drug association), Brunei Darussalam for Work Group, 9 November 2012 on “ Family Panel: Easy to forgive, hard to forget and always afraid” at XXV WORLD CONFERENCE OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES 6-10 November 2012, Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel, Bali, Indonesia, with the theme “Individual growth and recovery through the Therapeutic Communities” 1. Definitions 2. Why do we need to control illicit drugs? 3. History 4. Challenge 5. Policy 6. Which one, drug-free or harm reduction 7. Human rights? 8. The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its Article 33 9. Childr...

It All Starts With Drug-Free Childhood Prevention of Narcotic Drug problems means empowering children and giving them a fair chance of living the lives they dream of   On  World Drug Day , IOGT International stands with UNODC and its World Drug Campaign. “World Drug Day is a unique occasion to take a stand – together – against a problem that affects everyone. Illicit drugs threaten the health and welfare of people worldwide,” says Mr. Esbjörn Hörnberg, Executive Director of  IOGT International , the largest global non-governmental organization with members promoting a lifestyle free from alcohol and other drugs. Up to 200,000 people die every year  due to Narcotic drugs. Narcotic drugs do not just affect the user. They cause tremendous hardship and misery to children, families, communities and societies. Narcotic drugs undermine close relationships, and can ruin education and employment opportunities. Narcotic drug use and trafficking are not only a burden o...

It is a bold step of village Panchyat Sarfabad NOIDA towards community well-being. Minister of Social Justice Sh.Mukul Wasnik announced on 26th June 2012 ,involvement of village Panchayat in alcohol prevention. This is an excellent example of village Panchyat to lead the campaign in the U.P state and than country. Panchyat is an important tool of social control. We support the efforts of Panchyat. Mr.Vatsyayan also advocated for social intervention for alcohol prevention in a live discussion on Loksabha TV  <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BzJZM2laTX4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The panchayat of Sarfabad in Noida, a village known for its rich history in wrestling, on Sunday banned all forms of tobacco products and announced fines and punishment for those who dared to defy the diktat. “People caught selling and consuming tobacco products such as gutkha and kheni in the village wil...

   Next time you take a sip of your drink, ask yourself “Who’s in charge? You or the bottle?” The recent Satyamev Jayate episode brought forward some questions that we tend to ignore about alcoholism. Addictions are dependent on external factors to feel a misplaced sense of control. It doesn’t matter what form the addiction is in. Each addiction that takes you away from yourself is equally bad. Let that be gaming, sniffing glue, narcotics, smoking or drinking. The addiction begins in the first place because you want to escape your reality. What you get in return is a temporary sense of relief. What it takes from you is your life. Only you don’t realise it. Chronic alcoholism is a disease. However, unlike other diseases, it cannot be easily fixed by popping a pill. It can happen suddenly and doesn’t give you the impression that you’re out of control. Adverse health effects of over-consumption It’s not considered a disease by many. Ill effe...

Pehchaan Campaign on Drug and Alcohol prevention was kicked off from Mandi village South Delhi^^   By: Bhishm Wahi (Pehchaan Campaign Convener) ‘ The world is next to nothing if people don’t stand up for themselves and live in peace and harmony’. Soon, the world will celebrate ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking’ and to mark it as an eternal day, many organizations and social-activist communities are joining hands to raise  their voice against drug use. One of the prominent organizations founded by Mr. Suneel Vatsyayan, NADA INDIA FOUNDATION in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, is leaving no stone unturned to make it an historic day with an initiative to aware people by organizing workshops for drug awareness, also using the medium of art and theatre to convey a beautiful social message among the village communities. Today, in the scorching heat where one fears to step outside of his/her comfort zone, ...