{"id":89069,"date":"2019-12-29T01:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T19:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=89069"},"modified":"2019-12-29T01:15:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T19:45:04","slug":"moyong-inaugurates-de-addiction-centre-in-jarkong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/12\/29\/moyong-inaugurates-de-addiction-centre-in-jarkong\/","title":{"rendered":"Moyong inaugurates de-addiction centre in Jarkong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, Dec 28:<\/strong> Local MLA Kaling Moyong inaugurated the 10-bedded drug de-addiction centre in Jarkong here in East Siang district on Saturday.<br \/>\nDHS Dr Moromor Lego, DC (in-charge) Tatdo Borang, and state nodal officer of the de-addiction cell, Dr Riken Rina, were also present at the inauguration.<br \/>\nMoyong in his address urged everyone, especially youths, to &#8220;say no to drugs and other substances that are deleterious to our health,&#8221; and spoke about the role of the youths in shaping the society.<br \/>\nHe said he would appeal to his fellow MLAs to provide alternative means of livelihood to those who grow opium, marijuana, etc, in the state.<br \/>\nBorang spoke about social evils related to substance abuse and urged the youths to refrain from drugs and alcohol, while Dr Lego expressed serious concern over &#8220;the growing menace of drugs that affects today&#8217;s youths.<br \/>\n&#8220;Exercise your wisdom to differentiate between good and evils,&#8221; Dr Lego said.<br \/>\nDMO Dr Kaling Dai spoke about &#8220;the constraints to functionalize the centre,&#8221; and expressed hope that the centre, with its trained team of officers and staff, would be able to treat people affected by substance abuse and addiction.<br \/>\nHe termed drug menace &#8220;a major public health problem in East Siang.&#8221;<br \/>\nDr Rina highlighted &#8220;the current status of drug menace in Arunachal,&#8221; and dwelt on the health department&#8217;s efforts to provide treatment and rehabilitation.<br \/>\nOmily Borang, founder of youth organisation Mureng, also spoke.<br \/>\nICDS DD PE Angu, officers and staff of the DDC, members of WASE, public leaders and students were also present. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, Dec 28: Local MLA Kaling Moyong inaugurated the 10-bedded drug de-addiction centre in Jarkong here in East Siang district on Saturday. DHS Dr Moromor Lego, DC (in-charge) Tatdo Borang, and state nodal officer of the de-addiction cell, Dr Riken Rina, were also present at the inauguration. Moyong in his address urged everyone, especially youths, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}