Billy Batware, Programme Officer of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said this while speaking at the International Forum on Children Matter-Right to a Drug-Free Childhood .
Billy Batware, Programme Officer of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said this while speaking at the International Forum on Children Matter-Right to a Drug-Free Childhood .
Around 13 percent of the those involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years of age, which calls for stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanisms targeting adolescents, an UN official said on Thursday.