THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Around 13 percent of those involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years of age, which calls for stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanisms targeting adolescents, a UN official said here on Thursday.
Children face increased risk of drug and alcohol abuse due to their poor mental and physical health resulting from violence, exploitation and sexual abuse against them, Billy Batware, Programme Officer of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said at the International Forum on Children Matter-Right to a Drug-Free Childhood.
He was speaking on “Drugs and Transnational Crime in a Child’s World and Role of Civil Society” at the three-day international meet, organised by Fourth Wave Foundation in partnership with UNODC and World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD).
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