Sanjay Dutt initiates a nation-wide campaign to fight drug abuse amongst the youth

By Ms. Moon

on February 10, 2019

Sanjay Dutt has never shied away from coming out in the open about falling prey to drug abuse in this youth. In a recent interview, Sanjay expressed his desire to be a part of a nation-wide campaign against drug abuse, which is set to be organized at educational campuses in Chandigarh and Hisar on February 18 and 19 respectively.

Designed to eliminate drug addiction and spread knowledge about the repercussions, the Munnabhai actor is all set to share his past experiences and its impacts on his life as a youngster. Apart from Sanjay, Sonakshi Sinha, Parineeti Chopra, Badshah, Sonu Nigam, Kapil Sharma, and Varun Sharma have volunteered to come forward and support the change.

[caption id="attachment_197154" align="aligncenter" width="853"] Sanjay Dutt photographed in Mumbai[/caption]

The celebrities will address and engage with 25000 students on campuses on both the days, to counsel and discourage them from falling prey to such abuse. Joining the bandwagon, the campaign will witness another one crore students across hundreds of other educational institutions in the country, who will watch the event through a live broadcast. This would be then followed by a road-show with all the celebrities coming on-board.

The blueprint of the idea to eradicate drug abuse goes back to the time when Sanjay was released from Yerwada Jail in 2016. His friends, producer Ajay Arora, lyricist Montoo Bassi, and filmmaker Mahavir Jain had an extensive conversation about the growing problem amongst the youth and a year later, the idea was run through by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bengaluru to seek a way forward.

Confirming the development Sanjay said, "I have experienced the menace of drugs first hand. I know the havoc it creates and so this cause is close to my heart. The aim is to make this campaign India’s largest. It’s very easy to get sucked into drug abuse, but very difficult to get out of it. It all starts when minds are young and impressionable. We have to firmly tell youngsters that drug abuse is not cool. That’s why we want to reach out to the youth of this country and spread the word through campuses." The actor seems to have taken on this as a mission and he signs off saying, "Na karunga na karne doonga."

With such a stringent initiative coming forward, we are sure that this mission will lay a new path for the youth giving them a new vision of existence.