The word drug is defined as any substance other than food that can affect the way your

mind and body work.

IMPACT OF DRUGS
Money loss Social loss Health loss

IMPACT ON SCHOOL CHILDREN

Dramatic changes in behavior, Undesirable changes in physical appearance such as early aging, Severe dental problems, Changes the way of perceiving the reality, Lung disease, heart complications and brain damage, Dramatic changes in school performance, Increasing no. of suicides.

LIQUOR CONSUMPTION IN PUNJAB

Punjab has about 2.5 crore people, which equates to around 10 bottles of 750 ml liquor per person a year.

LIQUOR QUOTA FOR THIS YEAR

The quota of liquor for the year 2011-12 has been increased approximately by 10% compared to last year and the total quota for this year was 30.60 crore bottles of liquor.

IMPACT IN PUNJAB SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

DRUG ETHICS PHARMA INDUSTRY

Case of Drug - COMSAT FORTE
The Glaxo Scandal - sells expired Drugs

Situation in the Jails

The cases of drug-peddling keep their business alive even behind the bars Code language for the drugs Almost ten per cent of the prison population is addicted to some type of drug 55 per cent to 60 per cent of the non-user inmates get introduced to drugs in jail Tihar Jail, Asia's largest prison, is grappling with the problem of smuggling of different types of drugs and narcotics, including opium, sulfa, charas, cocaine, smack and ganja into the prison premises.

ILLICIT DRUG TRADE, one of the biggest criminal enterprises in Punjab

PUNJAB AS A TRANSIT POINT

Illicit drugs trade worth Rs 5,000 crore per annum The bulk of profit originates from the transportation and distribution of drugs to affluent markets of Europe and North America using the border state as the transit point. Volume of illicit drug trade in terms of money is perhaps double the size of the official budget of the state.

Only market where no credit facilities for ultimate consumers the addicts Police officers admit, drug cartels, have been using a portion of their huge profits to finance and facilitate terrorist and disruptive activities Heroin of 1 lakh becomes of 1 crore Home supplies organised for addicts in some major towns and cities, including Ludhiana

Smuggling of Drugs across the Punjab Border

CAUSES OF GETTING INTO

By watching their elders

Peer Group Pressure

More Cases in Hostels

To get away from

Stress & Tension

Out of Curiosity

BAD COMPANY

becomes a curse

Lack of knowledge

HOW CAN IT BE STOPPED

Prevention is far better than Cure

PARENTS CONTROL

Strong Steps by the Educational Institutions

By relieving them from tension

Drug De-addiction Centers and Family Support

DE-ADDICTION PROGRAM IN

TIHAR JAIL

Drug addicts are becoming Reformers

Ones Inner Self to be Strong