Srinagar, Sept. 10 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Medical Council has issued a public notice in view of the reported misuse of privately owned de-addiction clinics and centres across the Union Territory. The move comes amid growing concern over unregulated practices in the treatment of drug addiction and the prescription of narcotic and psychotropic substances.

According to the notification, the Council has taken cognizance of irregularities in the functioning of certain clinics and has stressed the need to strictly regulate the prescription and dispensation of drugs such as Buprenorphine-Naloxone and other controlled substances in the interest of public health and safety.

The notice states that henceforth, any medical practitioner desirous o...