A workshop on ill-effects of drug addiction was organised at the Institute of Cooperative Management here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion the director of Pari Foundation and noted Neuro psychologist, Dr Sona Kaushal Gupta said that the youths are under stress due to variety of factors like their unable to cope up with studies and peer pressure and in absence of proper counseling they take refuge in alcohol and drugs.
She explained the methods the students should employ to bust the stress. Dr Gupta said that the use of drugs spawns diseases like heart attack, depression, Kidney ailments, Tuberculosis (TB), Hepatitis and AIDS. She also answered the queries of the students who asked about the ways to remain away from stress and how to keep away from substance abuse and peer pressure in academic life. Dr Gupta highlighted the importance of dialogue between the students and parents and said that it can solve many problems.
At the end of the programe the students took pledge to remain away from substance abuse. In the workshop more than 150 students participated. The lecture series is being organised under joint aegis of Government Doon medical college, Pari Foundation and Uttarakhand Technical University.