International Day of Drug Abuse 2023: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday while addressing an event on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking organized by Meghalaya Police in collaboration with Social Welfare Department at U Soso Tham Auditorium highlighted about DREAM, Drug Reduction, Elimination and Action Mission, that the Chief Minister had launched earlier.
CM Conrad Sangma said that the operational cost for the implementation of DREAM is ten crores per annum which works out to fifty crores for the next five years. “Different rehabilitation centers and detoxification centers will be established and NGOs will be financially assisted for treatment and rehabilitation and outreach programs,” he said.
He also appealed to the NGOs, religious and academic institutions, community leaders and bodies to make the fight against drug abuse one of their priority agenda.
He also urged and appealed and requested to each individual to come together and fight against drugs.
During the event, CM Conrad Sangma said, “All the welfare and developmental programs and policies of the government will be meaningless if the youth are inflicted with drugs. Drugs destroys not only the abuser but the families, the society and the future.”
