25,000 people are drug users in Mizoram: minister

About 25,000 people, mostly youths, are drug users in Mizoram, state Health Minister Lal Thanzara today said.
Of these people, 10,000 were intravenous drug users (IDU), the minister said at a function here on the occasion of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
About 2,000 drug addicts are being treated in over 300 rehabilitation centres across the state, he said.
Drug addiction has affected almost every family in the state, he said, adding, the state government, NGOs and the churches should combat the menace on war-footing.
Social Welfare Minister P C Lalthanliana said that the state Assembly had legislated the Mizoram Drug (Controlled Substances) Act, 2016 while the High level Monitoring Committee on Substance Abuse was already formed.