Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed school authorities to report any instances of drug abuse by children that come to their attention to the police or the Excise.
He was speaking at a meeting to discuss steps to be adopted to prevent drug abuse among students here on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister underlined the need to inform the authorities if cases of drug abuse were noticed. In the 2022-23 academic year, 325 cases in various schools came to the attention of teachers or authorities but only 183 cases were intimated to enforcement authorities. This practice should not be encouraged.
