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Webinar on "Drug Abuse and Its Effects on Society"
Webinar on "Drug Abuse and Its Effects on Society"


The faculty members, members of Society for Preventive Initiatives against Drug Addiction and students of Institute of Applied Psychology, University of Punjab attended a Webinar on “Drug Abuse and Its Effects on Society”. The conference was organized by Hometown Community Foundation in collaboration with Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad on 15th May,2022. The Webinar’s resource persons were; Prof. Dr Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar, Chairman/HOD of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences DHQ/Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, President, Pakistan Psychiatric Society, General Secretary SAARC Psychiatric Federation; Dr Imran Sabir, Assistant Professor of Sociology Department, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Sociologist, Freelance Research Consultant.
This is the need of the hour to work on Preventive measures against Drug addiction. As, Drug Addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding and compromise.