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Drug Abuse Information Rehabilitation and Research
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in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council
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| DRUG RESISTANCE EDUCATION: |
DAIRRC has conceived, developed and executed a specific intervention strategy targeted at school children in the sixth standard. This program is based on the fact that merely making students aware of the dangers of drug abuse is not enough to deter them from fatal experimentation with substances of abuse.
Every year the DRUG RESISTANCE EDUCATION program reaches out to over 6000 school children, imparted by 100 trained volunteers. This project was initiated in 1992, with a 100% grant from The Commission of The European Communities. The grant was subsequently continued by The Commission of The European Communities for a further two years under Project Number D-IID- 90/44B.
This project entails an annual expenditure of Rs 650,000 ( Rupees six hundred and fifty thousand only).
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| CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE & HIV: |
DAIRRC in association with United Nations AIDS, United Nations Drug Control Programme, National AIDS Control Programme and the Ministry of Health of the Government of India, organised Hope 2000, an International Conference on HIV and Substance Abuse Prevention and Control. The conference was held at the Taj President Hotel, Mumbai on 7th, 8th and 9th November 2000
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| Since 1983 DAIRRC has conducted seminars/workshops for Substance Abuse (1197) and HIV ( 43), all over India. Workshop beneficiaries include Police personnel (Jr. and Senior Management), Customs and Excise officials, students from graduate and post graduate institutions, Non-Governmental organisations, labour union personnel, taxi and truck drivers, commercial sex workers etc.
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| STREET CORNER MEETINGS FOR DRUGS & HIV AWARENESS: |
| DAIRRC has, since 1985, organised direct communication with slum and pavement dwellers in Mumbai city and it's peripheral townships. Mumbai has a population of 12.5 million. Of these, 55% live in slums or on the pavements. Lack of organised activity amongst this population coupled with illiteracy, makes this target group unable to be reached easily. A direct communication on AIDS & DRUGS is possible with street corner meetings. D.A.I.R.R.C. has conducted 2100 meetings ( on Substance Abuse) and 64 meetings( for HIV awareness). Meetings for the perod 1993 - 1996 were sponsored by The Commission of The European Communities.
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| FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS: |
| Over 150 Focus Group Discussions have been conducted by D.A.I.R.R.C. This is part of D.A.I.R.R.C. 's evaluation of it's projects / strategies to combat HIV/ DRUGS.
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| FREE DETOXIFICATION OF OVER 18,000 DRUG ADDICTS, SINCE 1982. 84% heroin addicts, 7 % Prescribed Medication abuse, 9% others including cocaine, solvents, glue, typing ink erasers, petrol etc.
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 DAIRRC |
President: Dr.Yusuf Merchant
Registered Office: H-1, Sitaram Building,
Palton Road, Mumbai 400 001, INDIA.
Administrative Office: 5-7, 2nd Floor,
Raja Bahadur Mansion, Homi Mody
Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 023, INDIA.
Tel: 0091-22-2269 1484/2261 1650 Fax: 0091-22-2342 1416
Mobile No: (98218 84813)
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