“KNOW DRUGS for NO DRUGS!”

Date: 6th April, 2018

Time: 10.30 to 1.00 pm

Venue: UICET Auditorium, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Objective:The session is intended to be primarily interactive and strictly academic in nature.

It is expected that the students participate, share and discuss issues regarding the above and

at the same time are also informed and educated about various perspectives of drug use,

abuse and the science of addiction including also the historical and socio-legal perspectives

of drug use, abuse and addiction with emphasis on drug policy etc.

Speakers:

Shri Romesh Bhattacharjee, IRS( Retd) Former Narcotics Commissioner of India

Dr Kawal Deep Kour, Ph.D, Research Head, South Asia Centre for Monitoring Drug Abuse,

Diversion and Addiction

Shri Inder Bajwa. Celebrity turned social activist

S. Gurmangal Das, President, Youth for Change, Rurka Kalan, Punjab

S. Balkar Singh Dhillon, Samaj Bachao Mission Committee, Tarn Taran

Shri Sanjeev Kaushal, AA, Chandigarh

Prof. Rajat Sandhir, Assocaite Director, Research Promotion Cell, Panjab University,

Chandigarh

• Addiction as a Brain Disease (RajatSandhir 5min)

11.30-11.50 am Drug Policy, Legalization and Decriminalisation (Shri Romesh

Bhattacharji)

11.50am - 12.00pm Talk by Balkar Singh Dhillon, Samaj Bachao Committee.

12.00 -12.10pm Questions, debate and discussion

12.10- 12.17pm Recovery Strategies – Sanjeev Kaushal

12.20- 1.00pm Discussion - The Punjab Drug Conundrum -35-40 minutes.

1.00-1.10 pm About Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), a global educational

forum,&possibility of initating a SSDP chapter at PU.

1.10-1.20pm Concluding Remarks