Drug addiction: 'Prevention best treatment'

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 28

Prevention is the best treatment for drug addiction which is a chronic relapsing brain disorder that causes a person to take the drugs repeatedly despite the harm they cause, says Dr (Col) Rajinder Singh, 90-year-old psychiatrist and social worker who has voluntarily treated more than 11,000 drug addicts after he retired from the Army in 1991, at the launch of book “Be Aware and Beware of Drugs”.

Authored by Dr Singh, the book focuses on creating awareness about harms of various types of drugs and the prevention of substance abuse. He says the old adage, “Prevention is better than cure”, is very appropriate as it is easier to stay out of drugs than to come out of them.

Dr Rajinder said the incorporation of spirituality into the treatment plan fills the voids that the addicts might be trying to fill with drugs or alcohol. This is one of the important aspects of the holistic treatment being provided to the addicts at the de-addiction centres being run by the trust.

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