The proposal of establishing a ‘Central Rehabilitation Centre’ for drug addicts out of the City, and treatment centres in the metropolis, will be finalised in a meeting that will be held in the coming week, said Naveed Younus, president Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF).
The Central Rehabilitation Centre will be established on 40 acres of land, which includes area for cattle farming and agricultural land. At this centre, addicts after their treatment will be placed to develop social and moral conducts in themselves, in order to be useful citizens, said Younus.
He said that during our several meetings with the officials of City District Government Karachi (CDGK), we have pointed out the need for treatment of drug addicted people in the metropolitan. City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has also shown interest in this regard. We have proposed to establish 18 treatment centres in 18 towns of the City on public private partnership basis. Initially, 2 centres will be formed and after the feedback from these 2 centres, other towns will also have such treatment centres. He added that the decision of establishing these centres will be decided after the meeting of all the town nazims.
Younus said that the drugs addiction in the country and especially in Karachi is increasing day by day. According to the data provided by UNODC and Anti-narcotics, more than 15,000 children, below 15 years of age, are drug addict. The drug addiction is also gaining ground among our female population; the ratio of drug addicts in the City is rising by 7 per cent annually. “More than 5 million drugs addicts are in the country and out of them one million are only in Karachi,” he added. “Almost all of the areas in the City have been witnessing rapid growth in drug addicts, from posh areas to slum localities. But it is noteworthy that this menace is rising rapidly in slum areas. The reason behind this rapid growth is that these drugs are easily available to the public due to drug mafia in the City,” mentioned Younus.
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