Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s exhortation to the school authorities in the State to focus on creating awareness against drugs among students right from the beginning of the new academic year has come in the backdrop of an alarming concern about drug abuse on campuses.
Parents and teachers alike are confused as to how to deal with the increasing problem of drugs. More bewildering is that the gender difference is thinning among those falling prey to drugs.
Concerted efforts are advised to tackle the alarming situation, especially as synthetic drugs like MDMA have begun to make their way to the campuses in Kerala. Social workers dealing with children warn that mere awareness creation alone will not help prevent the situation from worsening.
