J&Okay launches 3-year rehab scheme for drug addicts | India Information

SRINAGAR: J&Okay chief secretary Atal Dulloo Wednesday rolled out a three-year scheme to rehabilitate drug addicts below remedy at govt-run or aided de-addiction centres and establishments, forestall relapse, and help their reintegration into society.The scheme will initially be launched within the districts of Jammu, Srinagar, Kathua and Budgam and later prolonged to others, officers stated.Beneath the scheme, a structured rehabilitation cycle can be established for drug abusers to make sure a seamless transition from “detoxing to socio-economic stabilisation” to scale back relapse charges and forestall untimely exit from remedy, Dulloo stated.The primary six months will cowl consumption, evaluation, remedy, stabilisation and rehabilitation planning below Section I. The subsequent six to 24 months will contain reintegration and livelihood activation below Section II. The next 24-36 months will revolve round sustained monitoring and social inclusion.J&Okay dwelling division will facilitate tracing and help for people requiring intervention. The well being and medical training division will present persevering with psychological well being companies, counselling, psychiatric care, de-addiction remedy and relapse-prevention help. The training division will help academic reintegration, tutorial continuity, re-enrolment, bridge studying and entry to scholar help companies, officers stated.The labour and employment division will facilitate vocational coaching, talent growth, employment placement and entrepreneurship growth. The agricultural growth and Panchayati Raj division will help group participation, household engagement, livelihood inclusion, social help networks and local-level rehabilitation and reintegration initiatives. The social welfare division will function the nodal division for implementation of the coverage, officers stated.On April 11, 2026, J&Okay Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched a 100-day anti-drug marketing campaign below the “Nasha Mukt Abhiyaan”, which concerned large-scale consciousness programmes by the civil administration and police, destruction of poppy cultivation, random urine testing of drivers and intensified crackdowns on drug networks.