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Jamshoro Pakistan : Shaheed Allah Buksh Soomro (SABS) University of Art, Design and
Heritages, Jamshoro organized an Empowering Minds: Anti Drug awareness seminar. Dr. Javed
Khilji conducted the seminar and delivered lecture as a campaign against drugs in the campus. He
said that drug abuse or substance abuse refers to the use of certain chemicals for the purpose of
creating pleasurable effects on the brain. Dr. Khilji said that drug abuse causes peer pressure,
physical and sexual abuse, early exposure to drugs and stress which causes health risk stroke, cancer,
AIDS, hepatitis, lung diseases, mental disorder and cardiovascular diseases. He added that excessive
alcohol intake can lead to high blood pressure, heart failure or stroke and it also contributes to
cardiomyopathy, a disorder that affects the heart muscle. Dr. Javed said that Injection Drug Use
(IDU) can be a direct route of HIV transmission if people share needles, syringes or other injection
materials that are contaminated with HIV, however, drinking alcohol and ingesting, smoking, or
inhaling drugs are also associated with increased risk for HIV.
Convener Anti Drug Committee SABS University Fazal Ellahi Khan and Kashif Shahzad also spoke
on the occasion whereas large number of faculty members and students attended the seminar.