Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy told the officials to ensure that ganja and other such substances were beyond the reach of the student community by doing among other things, prominently displaying the contact numbers of the Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) outside colleges and universities.
He insisted that there should be no drug abuse and the Collectors should take the responsibility for it.
Addressing a review meeting of the revenue-generating departments, including Excise, Mines and Panchayat Raj, on Thursday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said liquor consumption had come down due to a steep hike in the prices and shutting down of the belt shops, and suggested that alternative means of livelihood should be shown to those indulging in illicit brewing of liquor and cultivating ganja.
