NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION (NAPDDR)

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• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025.
  
  
• The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of substance (drug) abuse through a multi-pronged strategy.
  
  
• The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in schools/colleges/Universities, community based peerled intervention programmes for vulnerable adolescent and youth in the community, provisioning of treatment facilities and capacity building of service providers.
  
  
• The Ministry is also providing central assistance for running and maintenance for Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs).