At the annual festival of Shri Venketeshwar College affiliated to delhi university, Bodh the Drug Abuse Eradication Program of Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan founded/mentored by His Holiness Ashutosh Maharaj ji was invited for displaying an educative exhibition along with performing an enlightening skit for the students in order to aware them about the realistic effects of drugs on life’s physical, social and psychological levels. An act of Drug abuse especially begins with the first puffing of a cigar or sipping of some drops of liquor from another's cup but such an act of negligence eventually leads to a situation of being an addict completely, which is being largely observed in more than 80% of the cases as per the studies done across the globe.
This problem is not perilous just for producing health hazards but also for it disturbs one’s relationship with everybody around; be it at home, at workplace or be it in the society at large. And the worst damage is done when a person loses his/her self-esteem. Therefore, the problem needs to be addressed very seriously for the effect it creates is far reaching and irreversible. With the same aim, the Bodh team of Karkardooma branch office of the organization visited Venketeshwar College and with one to one counseling and interactively productive discussions, more than 300 students were reached out on the various myths, confusions and details of the problem that the youth of the contemporary times face. The college authorities also came forward and appreciated the efforts of the organization in its best efforts of awakening the youth towards the most burning issue of the era which is drug addiction amongst majority of the youth.