The Red Cross De-addiction Treatment-cum-Rehabilitation Centre, Gurdaspur, is situated at Kahnuwan Road, Near Vill. Babbehali, Gurdaspur. The Institution came into existence in November 1991 as Red Cross Drug Counselling Centre. In March 1993, it was promoted to Red Cross Drug De-addiction Centre, having the facility of 30-bedded hospital for Indoor treatment of the addicts, and the Outdoor Department to provide minor or fresh addicts to be treated at their home. In April 1999, the Centre was raised to 30-bedded hospital with added facility for the rehabilitation of the addicts, bearing the name the Centre is presently being known and it was likely to be upgraded to 50 beds shortly. The De-addiction Centre is being run with the meagre grant-in-aid about 90% from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, and 20% of the total Expenditure is shared by Punjab State Red Cross Branch, Chandigarh. This Ministry is running more than 500 such centres throughout India. Only Rs. 8400/- is being paid as contingency per month which is too meagre to run 30 bedded hospital, whereas, the number of indoor addicts is always more than 50 at a time. This Centre is not only treating the addicts of this District, but client from all over the Country are getting treatment from this Centre, keeping in view its highest success rate as compared to other centres of India. Many of the slum and village addicts are labourer who takes drugs to over come hunger, pain and fatigue. These are the farm labourers, truck-drivers and mazdoors who have to keep going for the sake of their daily wages. There are also addicts one would never suspect. For instance, girls studying in elite institutions are introduced to drugs by their boy friends. Many college and school dropouts become part of the chain involving in selling drugs. Drug pushing is a big source of employment in many places. Almost everywhere you can have your demand for your drug of choice fulfilled even at the village karyana store, Rehriwalas and even small children as carriers of the drug peddlers and roadside Dhabas. Recognizing the Substance Abuse and Alcoholism as a psycho-socio-medical problem, the approach of Red Cross Drug De-addiction Treatment-cum-Rehabilitation Centre, Gurdaspur, is to provide whole range of services including awareness generation, identification, treatment and rehabilitation of the addicts through the Voluntary Organizations. With a view towards reducing the demand for the consumption of Alcohol and dependency producing substances, the thrust is upon Preventive Educational Programmes and to integrate the addicts into the mainstream of the society. While the Government of India in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, New Delhi, is providing very meagre financial support to the organization for the institutionalized activities, stress, on mobilization of the community resources and greater community participation is the call of the hour. This Centre is striving hard to bring back and sustain the well being of all the persons in the area addicted to narcotic drugs, other forms of drugs and substance abuse/Alcoholism and to prevent all those people who can be prevented from getting into the habit of drug abuse and alcoholism.