Browsing Tag: Drug Awareness

“…her eyes glazed and vacant with the habit accumulated through her short life, of suffering without hope or end. This bleak account is sadly, the case for many Sikh Punjabis who suffer from addiction..."

Experts believe that drug dependency is a physical, mental and spiritual disease that requires abstinence from drug use, proper rehabilitation and a social support system. However, like de-addiction, rehabilitation inside a facility is only a temporary solution.

Since 2005 many Canadian youths of Punjabi origin have been killed due to their involvement in the organized crime. During 2006 the Punjabi community convened various forms and focus groups to formulate the viable approach to curtail the drug and alcohol use involving youth. After a number of community consultations it was decided to educate...