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  International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2021 -Akshay Sharma International Day Against Drug Abuse 2021 is observed to raise awareness among people about the dangerous effects of drugs and also, it's illicit trafficking. This special day is celebrated to make one another aware of the dangers of consuming drugs and also making an effort to free people from this harmful addiction. On the account of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26th June 2021 organised by Ms Suhita Dugar, Chief Minister’s Good Governance associate, Jind and Haryana Police - Jind to promote wellbeing amongst the students in colleges and schools and aware the youth regarding the path of destruction one falls into if he or she chooses drugs as a companion in life! The webinar was attended by very influential and learned individuals, providing an experience of not only stories but the pain our community and nation has suffered due to the people who lost the war again...

The saying goes that “quitters never win,” but in the case of tobacco, quitters are the real winners. Nada India Foundation is trying to help tobacco users quit by providing the support, services, and policies that enable people to quit. Big Tobacco marketing campaigns by Philip Morris, British American, Japan Tobacco, etc. make it even more challenging for smokers to quit. In our efforts, we urge policymakers to ban all Tobacco Marketing and to adopt policies to discourage tobacco use. We believe that cigarette ads seek to sell more and foster an acceptance in people's minds that smoking is natural. What the ads are showing is important. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the countries with a total ban on tobacco advertising report a seven percent drop in the consumption of tobacco products. The COVID19 pandemic has encouraged millions of tobacco users to say they want to quit. There has never been a better time to quit tobacco, and our commitment to helping t...

This article comes from Guidepoints News from NADA  Spring 2021  Issue.  Suneel Vatsyayan:  Year 2020 is important for Nada India for two reasons. First, this was the year Nada India completed 20 years of its existence. It was Dr. Michael O. Smith who introduced me to the word nada, a Spanish word meaning nothing. In Hindi, nada means primordial sound. During his numerous visits to India, we discussed how a patient is smarter than a therapist, and a virus is smarter than the vaccine, and students are smarter than the teacher – they all change faster than our interventions. This causes a gap and increases the service barriers. Thus, the policy and program focus needs to shift from disease control and management to primordial prevention and wellbeing. And so, Dr. Smith invited me to set up Nada India Foundation to promote barrier-free drug rehabilitation services and community wellness for behavioral health. Secondly, 2020 was the year of the Covid-19 pandemic that hel...