In accordance with directions received from the Punjab State Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar, the District Legal Services Authority, Ludhiana, recently organised various awareness seminars and oath-taking ceremonies.
During the seminars, information was provided about the physical, mental, social, and economic ill-effects of drugs as well as prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Participants were informed about free legal aid available under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
Inmates of Central Jail, Borstal Jail, Women’s Jail, and Observation Home were administered a drug de-addiction oath. All participants pledged to stay away from drugs; make their families, and the society, aware of the harmful effects of drugs; and actively contribute towards building a drug-free Punjab, and India.
