Currently 550,000 children are addicted to drugs in Bangladesh, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs Tipu Munshi has said.
He made the statement at a programme on narcotic control held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon.
He said: “At present there are 550,000 drug addict children in Bangladesh.
“Even if 1% of them have an unnatural death due to the addiction; then around 5,500 children will die.”
Tipu also urged the family members to support their children to come out of the addiction.
“All of us have to support the children who have come out of these addiction and are helping other children to do so,” Tipu said.
Meanwhile, Additional Home Secretary Additional Home Secretary RC Barman suggested holding narcotic drives every four months to prevent the young general from getting involved with drugs.
