A CDE WORKSHOP on on “A life of substance without substances” held on 21st February 2017 in BIDS Auditorium. The number of delegates who attended the programme was 250 including staff and students. The resource person for the CDE workshop was Dr Pratima Murthy, Professor, Head of Addiction medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, NIMHANS and Dr Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Post-doctoral fellow and Senior resident, Centre of Addiction medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, NIMHANS.