Young India Network for Good Health

#Mission barrier services Projected number of victims of substance use (Alcohol,Tobacco & Drugs) may vary from one study to other... the truth is all about the suffering of people living with substance use disorder and their family members . Govt. and NGOs need to look at the issue of underutilization of existing drug treatment and rehabilitation services in the Punjab . For example Punjab’s first government-run rehabilitation centre for addicts was opened in Amritsar in 2015, according to press reports the patient so far count reflects its failure to become a trusted facility. This, even as addicts flock to private centres in the city and elsewhere. Not once has the Rs 5-crore, 50-bed facility been filled to capacity.   According to the PGI study, while 22 lakh Punjabis are addicted to alcohol and 16 lakh to tobacco, less than 1 per cent may be hooked on drugs. The single most common substance used is alcohol (22 lakh), followed by tobacco (16 lakh). The study team surveyed

The Global Status Report On Alcohol And Health 2014, Released By The World Health Organization (WHO) Has Said That The Consumption Of Alcohol In India Has Jumped Between 2008 To 2012. The WHO has compiled the data taking into account alcoholic over the age of 15 and above. The report mentioned that around 30% of the total population of India consumed alcohol in the year 2010.  93% of alcohol was consumed in the form of spirits, followed by beer with 7% and less than 1% of the population consumed wine. The per capita consumption of alcohol in the country increased from 1.6 liters in 2003-2005, to 2.2 liters in 2010-2012. Highest amount of alcohol was consumed in Kerala. With an average individual over the age of 15 consumed over 8 liters of alcohol per annum in this state. Maharashtra and Punjab followed Kerala. The report added that over 11% of the population in India indulged in heavy or binge-drinking. The global figure stood at 16%. On the 'Years of Life Lost' sc

It's not just cigarettes that are hard to quit – exercise, coffee, video games or shouting at Question Time are habit-forming too Michael Moran theguardian.com ,  Wednesday 26 February 2014  The 'runner’s high' that drives exercise addicts on is just one of the pleasure stimuli that make exercise the most addictive pastime in modern life. Photograph: Cultura/Moof/Getty Images It supposedly takes  10,000 hours to become an expert . But only 37 cigarettes to be an addict. A  new study reveals  social smokers actually smoke 37 cigarettes a week. At average rates that's over two and a half hours of solid smoking weekly. Social smokers are just addicts in denial. But the rest of us shouldn't be too quick to sneer. Addiction is part of the human condition. We're all addicted to something: it's just a question of owning up to your own particular poison. Video games In the anglophone west, there's a paucity of peril. Our ancestors a

The alcohol economy   State governments are becoming more and more dependent on alcohol revenue to pay their bills. The increasing consumption of alcohol will only fuel this dependence, says K.P.M. Basheer. Sabko maloom hai main sharaabi nahin   Phir bhi koi pilaye to main kya karoon  (Everyone knows that I am not an alcoholic  But what can I do if someone pours me a drink?) Pankaj Udhas’s   ghazal  couplet on the classic excuse of a drunkard echoes the fluidity of most State governments over alcohol taxation. “We don’t need the tax money from alcohol, you know,” seems to be the argument. “But if people want to get drunk what else can we do but tax the drink?” The truth: governments are increasingly relying on alcohol revenue to pay their bills. Roughly one-fifth of most State government budgets are funded by booze. And, that share is going up by the year . Big contributor With the exception of Gujarat, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, where liquor is officially prohib

BULANDSHAHR: A  man  allegedly sold his  wife  of six years to some people for Rs 2 lakh who tortured and then gang-raped the woman in Bulandshahr district. Police have lodged an FIR and a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprits. This incident came to light on Friday when the victim, a native of Sultanpur in Bulandshahr district, narrated her nightmarish experience to senior cops. In her complaint, the victim said that her husband belongs to a well-off family, but he lost everything due to alcoholism. "On December 3, he sold her to five locals for Rs two lakh," a senior police officer said. The victim said the accused injected her with a sedative and, when she lost consciousness, took her to an isolated place and raped her repeatedly for two days. When she resisted, the victim was tortured and thrashed. The accused told her that as they had bought her, she would have to follow instructions like a slave. An FIR has been lodged against the victim's husband and five ot

NEW DELHI, July 25 -- In what is coming across as a disturbing trend, school students between 10 and 16 years of age are turning to counsellors to fight addiction to drugs and intoxicants. The helpline Yuva, jointly run by the Delhi government 's education department and the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), receives five calls related to substance abuse on an average per day. The helpline receives calls from students, parents as well as teachers on varied issues. More lately, it is getting calls on substance abuse as well. "We have been receiving at least five calls every day from school students who are finding it difficult to concentrate on studies as they have become addicted to various substances. Several of them have stopped attending classes as they are not able to concentrate for a longer period," said an education department official. These students use thinner, correction fluid and glues, etc. According to the helpline, mo

Young Nada interns visit a De- addiction centre for the first time only to get amazed. Find out what brought smile on their faces. By Vindhya Vatsyayan "Dii! we want to experience something real on this occasion of International Day against Drug abuse", said one of the Nada Interns during our last focus group discussion.What could be more real than having a word with the sufferers itself, I thought. And I instantly decided to take them for a visit to "The Beginning Of New Life" De-addiction and Rehabilitation Centre, Mandi Gaon, New Delhi.They looked a little scared because of their preconceived notions about drug and drug addicts but were very much ready to explore this new side of their surroundings.  It was 29th June,2012 when we all gathered outside Chattarpur Metro Station for our visit to the De-addiction centre. I think it only took 10 minutes for the interns to become comfortably a part of that place, they were no more hesitant to ask any ques