{"id":93382,"date":"2020-02-14T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=93382"},"modified":"2020-02-14T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:36:09","slug":"drug-abuse-victims-sent-for-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/02\/14\/drug-abuse-victims-sent-for-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug abuse victims sent for rehab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DCM urges youths to shun drugs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ROING, Feb 13:<\/strong> Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein urged the youths of the state to shun consumption of drugs and take the responsibility of creating a better society.<br \/>\nThe DCM on Thursday flagged off a vehicle taking six drug abuse victims from Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district to undergo rehabilitation in Guwahati, Assam.<br \/>\nThe victims were identified, and their rehabilitation assisted, by the anti-drug squad of the police here.<br \/>\nDescribing youths as the future of the country, Mein urged the six youths to &#8220;launch a crusade against drugs after their return from rehabilitation by initiating a mass awareness campaign in the district.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe commended the initiative of the LDV police, led by SP SK Sain, to educate the youths about the ill-effects of drug abuse.<br \/>\nThe SP briefed the DCM on the anti-drug squad (crime unit), which is entrusted with the task of containing drug abuse in the district by arresting drug peddlers and suppliers.<br \/>\nHe said that &#8220;over 20 cases under relevant narcotics law have been registered, 67 peddlers have been arrested, and a huge quantity of narcotic substances has been seized.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The police have drafted a roadmap with the inauguration of a dedicated counselling centre at the Roing police station by Home Minister Bamang Felix and formation of an ADS rehabilitation unit in Roing,&#8221; the SP said.<br \/>\nIt was through this rehabilitation programme that the six boys were selected to undergo rehabilitation, Sain said.<br \/>\n&#8220;It not only fills our heart with hope of a drug-free district but also encourages us to work harder to achieve that goal,&#8221; the SP said.<br \/>\nThe rehabilitation drive is being carried out in collaboration with corporate houses, and is funded through their CSR schemes. (DCM&#8217;s PR Cell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCM urges youths to shun drugs ROING, Feb 13: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein urged the youths of the state to shun consumption of drugs and take the responsibility of creating a better society. The DCM on Thursday flagged off a vehicle taking six drug abuse victims from Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district to undergo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93382","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=93382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}