JAMMU, Feb. 20 -- Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo today emphasised the crucial and collective role of legislators, senior citizens, intellectuals, community members and religious leaders in combating the menace of drug abuse across Jammu and Kashmir.

The Minister said this while replying in the House today to a clubbed question of Legislators Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah, Surjeet Singh Slathia, Ali Mohammad Sagar (raised by Legislator Mubarik Gul on his behalf) and Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Mir on the issues relating to drug Abuse.

She added that the department has taken various steps, like mandatory CCTV installation and computerised billing of medical shops, training counsellors at the village level, as well as CCTV insta...