Jammu, Feb 05: The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Thursday said that it would bring a bill on drug abuse during the ongoing session of the Legislative Assembly.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakina Itoo said that the bill has been prepared and will be introduced in the House during the ongoing session.
Sakina made the disclosure after NC MLA Tanvir Sadiq highlighted that he had earlier introduced a bill on drug abuse, making it compulsory to teach the ill effects of drug addiction in schools.
Tanvir said that he had withdrawn the bill on the assurance of the government.
The Minister said that the government is also in the process of finalising drug de-addiction rules.
“We have framed the drug de-addiction rules and have sent them to the Law Department for examination,” she said.
The Minister further said that 49276 cases of drug abuse have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir since 2022.
She said 16759 such patients have been registered in Kashmir and 32517 in Jammu. (KNO)
