{"id":17766,"date":"2026-04-23T00:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=17766"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:45:25","slug":"nasha-mukt-jk-abhiyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/nasha-mukt-jk-abhiyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasha Mukt J&#038;K Abhiyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IMHANS-K holds interactive session with recovered patients of drug addiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SRINAGAR, APRIL 22: An interactive session with recovered and recovering patients of substance abuse was held on Wednesday at Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS-K) as part of the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event, as per an official statement, co-hosted by the Directorate of Social Welfare, was attended by around 23 patients of substance abuse who have recovered from the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcoming the participants, Medical Superintendent, IMHANS-K, Dr Ajaz Baba lauded them for their courage and resolve in combating the affliction of drug addiction.\u00a0 HOD, Psychiatry, Prof (Dr) Arshad Hussain highlighted the role of such interactions in reducing isolation and fostering hope among those struggling with addiction and drug dependence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nodal Officer, Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation, Prof (Dr) Yasir Hassan termed the recovered patients of Substance Abuse as \u2018fellow combatants\u2019 in the fight against drug addiction. Several patients shared their stories of struggle and success. One of the recovered patient related how after giving up drugs his relationship with his family had undergone a sea change and how\u00a0 he had got his business back on track and gained back his lost respect.\u00a0 He termed his successful recovery as \u201ca journey back from darkness to light.\u201d Another patient said that though the struggle wasn\u2019t easy he had got his life back and was \u201chappily married now and living a meaningful life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some patients complained that societal attitudes towards former substance users are not very encouraging and they have to struggle with suspicion and distrust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event which was co-ordinated by Dr Ajaz Suhaff, Medical Officer Oral Substitution Thearapy (OST)\u00a0 and Sajad Ahmed, Sr. Social worker, IMHANS concluded with a shared resolve to combat the menace of drug addiction at individual as well as community levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMHANS-K holds interactive session with recovered patients of drug addiction SRINAGAR, APRIL 22: An interactive session with recovered and recovering patients of substance abuse was held on Wednesday at Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS-K) as part of the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan. The event, as per an official statement, co-hosted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17768,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17766\/revisions\/17768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}