Srinagar, May 15 -- Expressing serious concern over the growing substance abuse in Jammu & Kashmir, senior Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Friday called for a comprehensive public policy to safeguard the younger generation, while stressing that alcohol addiction among youth needs equal attention as narcotics.

Mir, who is AICC General Secretary and former minister, said the ongoing "100 Days Nasha Mukht Campaign" is a welcome step but any serious fight against addiction cannot remain selective in nature.

"Alcohol addiction, particularly among youth, has increasingly emerged as a major social and public health concern and therefore requires equal attention alongside narcotic substances," Mir said in a statement here.

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