An awareness workshop for college students on drug abuse and its prevention was organised by the Mental Health Institute (MHI) of SCB Medical College in collaboration with the National Institute of Social Defense at the Netaji Subhash Memorial City College here on Tuesday.
MHI Director Nilamadhav Rath spoke at length about the factors influencing drug abuse, effects of the drug abuse on human body, its treatment and how to prevent the menace which is threatening the mankind, particularly to the teenagers. Senior journalist and law faculty Pradip Kumar Das dwelt on the laws in India governing the narcotic drug and psychotropic substances control.
Presided over by college Principal Dr Debashish Jena, the workshop was attended, among others, by students and teachers of the college.
MHI Associate :Professor Yashobant Mohapatra and former Dsirector Sarada Prasanna Swain conducted the workshop in which through PowerPoint presentation discussed the various aspects of substance abuse and how one can protect himself against drug and alcohol addiction.