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Shimla, January 6
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today launched a special drug prevention helpline as part of the Mukhya Mantri Sewa Sankalp Helpline 1100 and the official website of the Himachal Pradesh Nasha Nivaran Board to provide necessary guidance and counselling on drug abuse.
He said that the helpline would connect drug dependent persons or their parents with the nodal officers of the board and the State Mental Health Authority in Shimla for initial counselling and guidance. If required, the person would be further referred to the nearest hospital, medical college, and the Integrated Rehabilitation and Counselling Centre with facilities of psychiatric treatment.
Thakur said that the government was contemplating to bring a state integrated drug prevention policy under which a multi-pronged strategy and an effective action plan would be formulated in a practical manner.—TNS
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