Goals: To raise awareness about drug and alcohol problems and promote ways of dealing with these issues
Funding: 4,000 for literature and minor costs from Hounslow Primary Care Trust and Hounslow council
Often little is heard of drug and alcohol problems within the Punjabi-speaking community but one project in Hounslow is helping to highlight the problem.
No Nasha, which means "no intoxication", works with mainly with young Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus in the local area and teaches them about the dangers of drink and drugs.
The project was launched two years ago after Harpreet Rai, health improvement manager (substance misuse) at Hounslow Primary Care Trust, and a colleague noticed that the community itself found it difficult to discuss such issues.
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