Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam   

Drug-induced deaths on the rise

VISAKHAPATNAM: The number of drug-induced deaths is on the rise and is second only to the deaths on the roads. 7.5 crore drug addicts are loosing their health and India has been identified by the UN as a country for deaths due to illicit drugs. This was stated by a senior physician and Padma Sri award winner Kutikuppala Surya Rao at a seminar on global action for healthy communities without drugs, organised by GITAM University here on Saturday. GITAM University, the AP Drugs Control Administration, the Green Valley Foundation, the Prohibition and Excise Department and Lions International organised the seminar. Vice-Chancellor G. Subramanyam, Drugs Control Administration's Assistant Director Ravi Uday Bhaskar, President of the Green Valley Foundation Umaraj andDirector (HR) of Eisai Pharmaceutical S.K. Saini participated in the seminar.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

They walk the ramp with ease
Eye-screening fortnight from tomorrow
Zoo Friends Club meet held
Increase in prices of diesel, LPG triggers protest
Stir for separate railway zone to be intensified
Attacks on scribes decried
Sanitation package contractor removed
Degree in fashion technology launched
ICAI to launch Web TV
Drug-induced deaths on the rise
Pallenidra programme conducted

Copyright © 2011, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu