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Experts for specific policy to check drug menace in Manipur
Times of India | TNN | Jun 27, 2012, 09.35PM IST
On the occasion of International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking, many academicians on Tuesday categorically emphasized the need to frame a specific policy to counter the growing drug menace in Manipur.
At a seminar organized by the Assam Rifles at its 26 Sector headquarters at Pallel in Chandel district bordering Myanmar, the speakers, including professors, legal experts, NGO workers and journalists stressed the need to check the menace, especially among school and college students.
Manipur is one of the six states in the country having high prevalence of AIDS. The state has 38,573 people infected with HIV and 698 died of the epidemic till March 2011. Altogether 19,455 people registered for Anti Retroviral Therapy (Art) till May 2011, said the Manipur Aids Control Society (Macs).
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