Drug addiction among the youth has become one of the biggest threats to society and it is more dangerous than the novel coronavirus, said NTR district Collector S. Dilli Rao.
Mr. Rao was speaking at the 'Choose Life' symposium organised by the Indian Red Cross Society district chapter on the eve of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking at the Siddhartha Academy auditorium here on Saturday.
He said the consumption of ganja was more in Visakhapatnam, West Godavari and NTR districts in the State. "Earlier, drug abuse and addiction were seen among college students but now it is found among children aged 15. The habit starts with tasting the drug and ends with completely being unable to live without it. It destroys lives," Mr. Rao said.
