Bengaluru, June 28 -- "Every life lost to drugs is a loss of national potential," Vice President CP Radhakrishnan said on Sunday as he called for a whole-of-society movement to eradicate substance abuse and build a "Nasha Mukt Bharat."Addressing the Nasha Mukt Bharat Conclave organised by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in association with the Narcotics Control Bureau and Disha Bodh Foundation during the university's 31st Foundation Day celebrations at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, the Vice President said substance abuse threatens not only individual health but also educational attainment, productivity, social cohesion and national development.
Calling upon educational institutions, families, healthcare professionals, law enforcement...