Eluru officers instructed to teach college students on drug abuse

Eluru District Collector Ok. Vetriselvi has requested the officers to take stringent measures to curb the consumption and sale of ganja, medicine, and different narcotic substances.

Chairing the District Narcotics Prevention Committee assembly on Friday, she stated making a drug-free Eluru district requires collective effort from each part of society. People concerned in possession, consumption or transportation of narcotic substances will face legal motion, lose eligibility for presidency jobs and passports, and carry a everlasting legal file, she stated.

Ms. Selvi instructed officers to accentuate consciousness campaigns in colleges and faculties by placing up posters and organizing counseling periods to teach college students concerning the ill-effects of drug abuse. She urged the youth to not fall prey to medicine.

Residents have been requested to report situations of drug use or peddling in academic establishments by calling the toll-free quantity 1972, assuring that the id of informants will likely be saved confidential. She added that these hooked on narcotics would obtain remedy by way of de-addiction centres.

Extra SP Nakka Suryachandra Rao, District Medical and Well being Officer Dr. PJ Amrutham, District Schooling Officer M. Venkatalakshmamma, Agriculture JD Sheikh Habeeb Basha, Excise Superintendent A. Awulayya, and several other different division heads participated within the assembly.