Alcohol abuse a matter of grave concern, ban it: Dr Tasaduk to JK Govt

Jammu: JKIFTS Director, Dr Tasaduk Hussain Itoo on Thursday said that alcohol abuse among people is a concerning matter and consuming alcohol should be banned in India for the benefit of society as a whole.
He said that alcohol has more negative effects than good and consuming it in excessive amounts daily leads to worst form of addiction.
Talking to Kashmir Horizon Dr Tasaduk said “It is very unfortunate to see visuals outside wine shops across the country amid Covid-19 pandemic. People coming out in crowds outside the wine shops is a big concern with no concept of physical distancing- that is a very crucial precautionary measure in containing this pandemic”
He said that it is very concerning to see alcoholism on surge in current generations – that has conditioned minds of people with destitute and indecency. “Alcohol abuse has been a factor in creating voilations of multiple – from domestic voilence, sexual violence, violence of the community to violence of personal ambitions besides its health risks”, he added.
“Being a root-cause of innumerable medical conditions, alcohol-dependence has made a poor more poorer and inflow to hospitals has increased because of this menace. A chronic alcoholic who has been on this abuse since ages gets more agitated and diseased while on its withdrawal”, he said.
He said that alcohol withdrawal syndrome is more devastating for chronic alcoholics and here we could see Psychiatry departments of the hospitals are rushed with peaks of patients of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in current day scenario. “Depression,manic depressive illnesses,bipolar disorders and associated other mental disorders have enormously been attributed to this kind of menace”, he added.
He said that reluctance to this abuse could be a reforming initial step to change its course for the benefit of society as a whole. “Working on thoughts of people ,positive perspective, vocational guidance, educational-deaddiction counselling among alcoholics could be revolutionary steps to eliminate this social menace from society.”, he said.”It should be banned in India for the public good and for a healthy community”, he added.