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Vipon: A person Living with NCDs shares his journey of smoking and addiction

Doping in sports, addiction to Caffeine, Tobacco ,Alcohol & Drugs were discussed @ABC - Addiction Battling Campaign" live Workshop

The thing I liked about today's program is the personal experience shared by Vipan sir which I think was priceless. That how can we understand emotional health and mental status of drug addict and how can we deal that person according to that person.", observed a member of Young India Network for Good Health. A workshop "ABC - Addiction Battling Campaign" was organised by Project Hope Stone and PH&RD of AMSA India in collaboration with Nada India , on th e occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking 28th June'20. On the panel were Dr. Avinash DeSousa (Consultant Psychiatrist and Founder Trustee DeSousa Foundation Mumbai), Priyanka Varma (Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist Consultant at Holy Family hospital, Global Hospitals and the founder of the Thought Co.) and Mr. Vipan Sachdeva (Senior Counselor, Shanti Ratan Foundation) and Emotional CPR  practitioner   Dr. DeSousa burst many myths around drug addiction like cannabis

Global efforts to fight the #COVID19 pandemic may lead to other diseases being overlooked.

Youth And Tobacco Control Policies What you need to know!