The City Beautiful that offers a sade haven for women is also tuming out to be addic tion hotspot for the fair sex Dr Rajinder Singh, a city based psychiatrist who is fight- ing against the drug menace for the past 50 years, feels that girls heading from small towns should not fall into the trap of te and glory of the city’s night life and pub culture. Chandigarh is surrounded by states that are orthodox A lot of social restrictions are imposed on women. When a young girl arrives in Chandi garh to pursue higher educa tion, she undergoes a culture shock, feels 5-year-old Rajinder Singh, who is run- ning two drug de-addiction centres in Punjab and Dr Rajinder Singh (85), who has been fighting against the drug menace for the past 50 years, shows a certificate, PRADEEP WAS Himachal and claimed to have rehabilitated over 22.000 drug addicts They move into paying guest accommodations, which offer fedble timings. Further, Chandigah is cosmopolitanin nature and relatively secure and open society But youngers are drawing a wrong con Relapse rate 90% in Dhanas The GMCH 32 conducted an awareness camp at the Civ Dispensary in Dhanas. As many as 16 addicts, who are hooked to alcohol and heroin, visited the camp on Tuesday. The relapse rate among addicts in this area is close to 90 per cent. A majority of the addicts belong to the lower socio-economic background. They are operating as peddlers. They consume and sell drugs,” observed psychiatrist Dr Priyanka who attended to the patients.
Chandigarh is surrounded bystates that are orthodox Alt of social restrictions are imposed onwomen. Whenayounggh amrives in Chandigarh to pursue higher education, she undergoes a cultureshock. They move into paying guest accommodations, which offer flexible timings. Further, Chandigarh is cosmopolitan in nature and relatively secure and opensociety. But youngsters are drawing a wrong connotation of this city 99 RAINDER SINGH, who runs tw drug de-addiction centenotation of this beautiful city said De Rajinder “For boys and girls, beer or alcohol and puffing become the gateway and further they
graduate to hard opiced sub stances,” said Dr Rajinder Singh while sharing a case where the daughter of a ‘Granthi who came to Chandigarh for studies got hooked to drugs Renowned paychiatrist P BS Chavan, Director GMCH32 also feels that substance addi ton was growing very fat among girls in the City B “Due to social stigma, women are not coming out in
the open to discuss their addio tion problem, which could lead to adverse health conse quences. Rather, addiction among women is not socially acceptable yet. The problem is gaining serious proportion, especially among girls study ing in colleges and university” observed Prof Chavan “Often it is being argued that if men can drink and try drugs why can’t they But we suggest that alcohol, nicotine and drugs are injurious to both women as for men,” stressed Prof Chavan.