Addressing the event, Lalrinpuii said that drug trafficking and abuse of drugs and other substances are a great impediment to the progress and development of Mizoram.
She said that the government has been making constant efforts to combat drug menace and a collective effort is a must to achieve positive results.
Scholars and experts from India and abroad will deliver lectures on drug and substance use disorder during the two-day event.
At least 29 people, including 6 women, have died due to drug abuse in Mizoram from January this year raising the total drug-related fatality to 1,908 since 1984 when the first drug-related death due to heroin was recorded in the state, according to officials. PTI CORR RG
