Former drug abusers in Nepal have launched a campaign against the abuse of drug by forming a separate national alliance, local media reported on Monday.
On the occasion of International Day against drug abusing, they launched a week-long campaign from Sunday, The Rising Nepal daily reported.
The alliance would organize the interactions in different schools on the present condition of drug abusing and its controlling measures as well as awareness generating rallies, they informed.
Due to the poor law and order situation in the country, drug smuggling could not be controlled in Nepal and in the absence of mechanism to control the abuse of drugs, demand of drug was increasing, one of the organizers said.
A decade ago, 12,000 ampoules of drugs used to be confiscated in a year, however, these days some 12,000 ampoules are seized every day, according to the daily.
Sudhir Maharjan of the alliance said that the government had so far included only 450 drug abusers in methadone system treatment. However, around 25,000 abusers wanted the treatment to return to normal life, he said.
According to a recent survey, there are around 27,000 drug abusers in Nepal.
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