, Sept. 4 -- State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin has called for a united social resistance, irrespective of political affiliation or differences of opinion, to protect the young generation from drug abuse.

"Our main goal is not merely to control drugs; our ultimate objective is to completely eradicate them from society," he said.

The state minister was speaking as the chief guest at an anti-drug awareness rally organised by the district police at the Small Ethnic Cultural Institute in Bandarban on Thursday, according to a PID handout issued on Friday.

Describing drugs as a "silent killer", Helal said they destroy promising lives, ruin families and push the future of the nation into darkne...