21/03/2023
3 day training programme on Early Detection of Drug Abuse & post Detection Management began at Bhaderwah
BHADERWAH , March 21--- Social Welfare Department today organized a three days training programme on Early Detection of Drug Abuse and Post Detection management at Community hall Bhaderwah here today . The programme was conducted in cooperation and active participation of students of various schools , parents , civil society members and PRIs under the overall supervision of District Social Welfare Officer Doda Tariq Ahmed .Additional Deputy Commissioner Bhaderwah , Dil Mir was the Chief Guest on the occasion where as Advocate Mohd Majid Malik , Educationist Arif Rana , President JOB Tahir Nadeem Khan , Sudesh Manhas , Arun Raina , Zubair Wani , Dharam Pal Gupta and staff of social welfare department was also present .During the programme, DSWO Tariq Ahmed presented a welcome address and highlighted different issues associated with drug Abuse. During the session, ADC Bhaderwah Dil Mir and resource persons from Mission Youth J&K spoke on early identification, treatment, rehabilitation, after-care and social reintegration techniques and other different issues associated with drug Abuse. Advocate Mohd Majid Malik informed that the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, commonly referred to as the NDPS Act, is an Act of the Parliament of India that prohibits a person the production/manufacturing/cultivation, possession, sale, purchasing, transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. He also informed that the bail is treated differently in narcotics cases than it is in general. Generally, bail is a rule and jail belongs to the exception category, whereas, in cases of NDPS, jail belongs to the rule category and bail belongs to the exception category, he added and said that section 37 of the NDPS Act deals with the issue of cognizable and non-bailable offences. In Section 27 of the NDPS Act, it is stated that all offences punishable under the Act are cognizable and that no person accused of an offence punishable under the Act will be released on bail or his bail unless certain conditions are met. This section applies to offences under Section 19 or Section 24 or Section 27A and also to offences that involve commercial quantity. Advocate Mohd Majid Malik said Section 20 of the NDPS Act lays out the punishment for the production, manufacture, sale, purchase, import and inter-state export of cannabis, as defined in the Act. The prescribed punishment is based on the amount of drugs seized.Under the Act, property acquired by a person from drug-related offences, who has been convicted under the Act can be seized, frozen and forfeited by the government, he added .