Treat drug users as patients, not criminals: Nagaland DGP

Kohima: Nagaland DGP Rupin Sharma on Monday called upon everyone to treat drug users as sick patients and not criminals.At the state-level function to observe the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Sharma said as per reports of the social welfare department and various organisations, the state has 30,000 drug users.Stating that the war on drugs is not the sole responsibility of the law enforcement agencies alone, he called upon people to come forward to provide information on drugs and peddlers. He said Nagaland Police will soon launch a mobile application through which people will be able to pass on information to the law enforcers about drug traffickers and users. PTI