Hand Book for Gaon Burahs and Panchayati Raj Leader

1083. De-Addiction through Camps/Hospitals:De-addiction is a medical process. Experience has shown that drugabuse is a multifaceted and multi dimensional problem which has to be solvedwithin the context. Although no national survey has been made to assess thenature, pattern and magnitude of the Drug abuse. In various regions of thecountry, however, the Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment, Govt. ofIndia has embarked on a set of concerned measures towards awarenessbuilding and the identification treatment, and rehabilitation of drug addictsthrough voluntary organizations and the collective initiative of the peoplethemselves. A network of the voluntary action agencies has been set up in thecountry to forestall conduction responsibilities for the addition so as to restorea drugs free life in society.Encouragement of the recovering person by family members and societyalso plays a key role in the recovery process. At the outset the family andsociety may have severely condemned the individual’s behavior due toaddiction. If they maintain this behavior during this process of recovery, theywill actually increase the risk of relapse. Instead, complementing the personon his/her efforts to recover will make to addiction, the person would have hada productive role, taking responsibility, such as being head of the family, orbeing a part of the decision making process. Once the person becomesdependent on drug, he/she is looked upon as somebody who needs to beprotected from the outside would. This aspect also requires to be addressedproperly. The society can do it by;Involving the family members and helping them work with thedependent person rather than for him/her.Getting the support of family members is normalizing the affectedperson’s activities and helping him/her get back to their initial and fullfunctional role.Educating the family on the need to reintegrate the person back into the familyand facilitating this by involving the patient in the decision-making andproblem solving processes in the family.To cite an example from Lohit district again, voluntary Groups such asATTKSU Mahila Mandals, ANAYA, Arunachal Pali Vidyapith and Drug Deaddictionofficer had conducted many de-addiction camps and treated addicts.But it is because lack of permanent infrastructures and financial constraintsthat now this de-addiction process has come to a standstill. There areprovisions with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to provide fundsto NGOs for de-addiction centre and camps. We are required to approach theministry through state government for the purpose. Further the DistrictAdministration has approached Oil India limited to provide funds for a DeaddictionCentre at Lathao. Hon’ble MLA, Namsai has also agreed tocontribute for it. A permanent drug de-addiction centre at Lathao is expectedto come up soon. 4. Follow up after de-addictionThere have been reports of relapse after de-addiction. It is mainly due tothe act that we don’t have a mechanism to follow up to activities of thedetoxified youths. Unemployment and mixing with same peer group with